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Fugitive CV Leader ‘Bozo’ Arrested on São Conrado Beach in Rio

Authorities cite integrated intelligence across Rio and Goiás as key to the capture.

Overview

  • Military police intelligence officers detained the suspect on December 28 on São Conrado beach with support from the 23rd BPM in Leblon.
  • Police identify him as a leader tied to the Comando Vermelho’s operations in Aparecida de Goiânia and a fugitive from Goiás.
  • He was listed among targets of October’s Operation Contenção, which had focused on criminal structures in Complexo do Alemão and Penha.
  • Intelligence indicated he had been hiding in Rocinha and moving through Rio’s South Zone while teams from Rio and Goiás tracked his movements to the beach.
  • Two other men were detained with him and taken to the 11th Police Station in Rocinha for identification, with records there registering the case and verifying identities including reported aliases Jhonnathan Wallef Moura Santos and Daniel Rodrigues dos Santos.