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Overview
- Ciareli, 37, was captured on Monday in Osório, Rio Grande do Sul, after a preventive detention order and was transferred to the prison system.
- He is accused of helping plan and carry out the June 2024 ambush at Caxias do Sul’s Hugo Cantergiani Airport that stole more than R$14 million.
- The Federal Police say he also led the 2021 Araçatuba attacks on Banco do Brasil and Caixa branches, which killed three people and injured five.
- The airport assault involved nine assailants, armored vehicles falsely marked as Federal Police, at least 13 vehicles overall, five properties used as bases, and suspected insider leaks from a cash‑transport employee.
- Authorities describe him as one of Brazil’s most dangerous bank and cargo robbers, and the case advances a multi‑state probe that has already produced 39 indictments for crimes including robbery resulting in death and money laundering.