Brazil Police Confront Spate of Gender-Based Attacks With Rescues, Arrests and a Fugitive Hunt

Overview

• In Palmas, officers rescued a 33-year-old held in a kitnet that police say sheltered a criminal faction, arresting two men on charges including torture, kidnapping, criminal association and corruption of minors.
• In Recife, Lorena de Araújo Duarte was found dead in her apartment after her Uruguayan boyfriend directed officers to the address, and the case is being treated as femicide as the man was detained.
• In Rio’s Sepetiba case, Disque Denúncia issued a poster for Gabrielle Cristine Pinheiro Rosário, accused of ordering a R$ 20,000 hit, as one executor was arrested after his mother identified him and another had already surrendered.
• In Campos Altos, a 22-year-old was beaten and held captive by her boyfriend, who filmed the assaults on her phone; police arrested the suspect and seized the videos as evidence.
• In Uberaba, a woman was found fatally stabbed as investigators collected a knife and bloodstained clothing and flagged transactions on the victim’s card shortly after the crime while searching for the suspect.