Overview
- Estadão reports 121 people were killed, including four police officers, in the Rio operation dubbed Contenção that targeted alleged Comando Vermelho members.
- According to Bites data cited by O Globo, Castro gained about 475,000 followers within 48 hours starting October 28 and reached roughly 2.5 million interactions in that span.
- O Globo reports his total following across platforms rose to about 1.2 million, lifting him from 12th to 8th among governors by follower count and putting him first on Bites’ tração metric.
- Bites also found his October 28 posts alone drew around 1.5 million interactions and that Google interest in his name hit a five-year peak with searches coming from Portugal, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
- Estadão notes the Defensoria Pública da União flagged possible illegality and rights violations, outside experts questioned the strategy, and the UN human rights chief urged comprehensive policing reforms in Brazil.