Overview

• Fabio Rosa Carvalho, identified as the leader of the Os Manos faction with ties to Brazil’s Primeiro Comando da Capital, was arrested on August 1 in Caballito by a joint Argentine-Brazilian task force.
• Interpol issued a red notice after Carvalho fled Brazilian house arrest in February 2023, guiding investigators who traced him from Bolivia through Córdoba via digital and financial footprints.
• The operation brought together Policía de la Ciudad, Policía de Córdoba and the Polícia Civil de Río Grande do Sul in a late-night raid that met no resistance.
• Carvalho’s capture highlights growing cross-border collaboration and advanced forensics aimed at dismantling organized-crime networks across the Southern Cone.
• He is now held under Argentine judicial authority while courts prepare to process Brazil’s extradition request on homicide and narcotrafficking charges.