Brazil Police Arrest 3 in Ex–Police Chief’s Killing, Detain 8 in Rio Torcida Ambush

Overview

• Rafael “Jaguar” Simões surrendered in São Vicente, becoming the third person arrested in the execution of former São Paulo Civil Police chief Ruy Ferraz Fontes, with seven suspects identified and others still at large.
• Investigators tied suspects to the Fontes case using fingerprints and DNA from vehicles and phone images, while courts ordered new temporary warrants, including for the alleged provider of a property used by the group.
• Rio’s homicide unit detained eight people over the ambush that killed Vasco fan Rodrigo José da Silva Santana in Oswaldo Cruz, with a president of an organized supporters’ group among those held after analysis of security footage.
• Two military police officers were injured by shrapnel from explosives hidden under traffic cones on Ilha do Governador, a patrol car was damaged, a suspect was detained, and a pistol and drugs were seized.
• In parallel actions, Rondônia police arrested a father and son wanted in a 2019 Colniza massacre, and Bahia authorities obtained a temporary arrest warrant after video suggested a road‑work hit‑and‑run was intentional.