Brazil Sees New Arrests, Rescues and a Wanted Notice in Wave of Violence Against Women

Overview

• Rio’s Disque Denúncia released a poster seeking Gabrielle Cristine Pinheiro Rosário, whom police identify as the alleged mastermind who offered R$ 20,000 to have Laís Pereira killed; she is a fugitive with a court-ordered temporary arrest.
• In Recife, officers detained a Uruguayan man who directed them to his girlfriend’s address, where Lorena de Araújo Duarte was found dead; the case is under investigation as feminicide.
• In Uberaba, hairdresser Raphaella Fachinelli was found stabbed to death and the suspect fled in her car; the vehicle was located in São Paulo state with blood inside as investigators track transactions made after the killing.
• Police rescued women held in private captivity in Palmas and Nova Serrana, arresting suspects on charges that include torture, kidnapping and criminal association, with possible involvement of adolescents under review in the Tocantins case.
• Recent actions also include flagrante arrests for domestic assaults in Belo Horizonte, Resende and Três Rios, and a 12-year prison sentence in Tocantinópolis for a 2016 attempted femicide in which a mother shielded a newborn.