Ceará Logs 219 Forced Expulsions by Criminal Factions as Pacatuba Village Empties

Overview

• An intelligence report tallies 219 expulsions of residents across the state from January 2024 to September 2025, averaging about one every three days.
• Fortaleza accounts for 143 cases across at least 49 neighborhoods, with hotspots including Ancuri, Prefeito José Walter, Vicente Pinzón and Jangurussu.
• In Pacatuba’s Jacarezal, residents report orders to vacate roughly 30 homes linked to Comando Vermelho, and a fixed police post at a school has not prompted broad returns.
• In Morada Nova’s Uiraponga district, nearly all of about 2,000 residents fled after death threats, and state officials report 10 arrests of suspected trafficking leaders tied to the area.
• A related inquest led to the preventive detention of two suspects accused of expelling families in Jangurussu, while authorities cite faction disputes, extortion and control of clandestine services as drivers of the displacement.