Deadly Weekend of Crashes and Attacks Across Brazil Triggers Arrests and Manhunts

Overview

• In Jerônimo Monteiro (ES), three people died after a drunk driver hit a motorcycle and an e-bike, then a second car ran over two victims during first aid; the intoxicated suspect was jailed and the fleeing driver is sought.
• In Cajuru (SP), fruit seller André Vieira Fernandes was killed and a 7-year-old girl in the pickup later died after the vehicle plunged down a slope; a breath test on the driver found no alcohol and police opened an inquiry.
• Rio police are investigating two high-profile shootings, including the killing of aviation businessman Marcos Vinícius Portugal Santos in Barra da Tijuca and gunfire that struck councilor Nelsinho Ruas’s car without injuries.
• Separate road crashes killed or injured motorists and riders in several states, including an unlicensed motorcyclist who died in Macapá (AP), a suspected right-of-way violation in Monte Alegre (PA), a prohibited truck turn preceding a fatal bike crash in Divinolândia (SP), and a car–truck collision that killed a driver in Marechal Floriano (ES).
• Authorities reported vehicle-as-weapon cases: a neighbor was run down and a suspect arrested in Jacareí (SP), a pickup driver is wanted after an alleged attempted homicide in Esmeraldas (MG), a 2-year-old died after an unlicensed teen at the wheel struck children in Santa Luzia (MG) with an adult instructor detained, and two men were killed by a fleeing off-road buggy in Camboriú (SC).