Derrite Files Tougher Rewrite of Anti-Gang Bill With Terror-Style Provisions and 40-Year Sentences

Overview

• House Speaker Hugo Motta named Guilherme Derrite as rapporteur, and the São Paulo security chief briefly left his post to file a substitute within hours of the appointment.
• The report raises penalties to 20–40 years for armed territorial crimes and similar acts, mandates maximum‑security prisons for leaders, tightens sentence progression to 70%–85%, and blocks pardons, parole and related benefits.
• Derrite inserts terror-equivalent treatment by symmetry of harm for specific violent, destabilizing practices such as armed territorial control, sabotage of public services, ‘novo cangaço’ robberies, and attacks on prisons and security forces.
• The Planalto and PT leaders condemned the choice and parts of the text, warning of sovereignty and foreign‑intervention risks linked to terror-equivalence, while opposition figures applauded the move.
• Motta praises the draft as a unifying ‘Marco Legal’ and targets a vote next week under urgency rules following the Rio operation that left 121 dead, as prosecutors urge Congress not to rush and caution that economic facilitators could fall outside the new scope.