Ipojuca Vows to Identify Beach Vendors After Tourists Beaten in Porto de Galinhas

Overview

• Tourists Johnny Andrade and Cleiton Zanatta say an agreed R$50 chair fee was raised to R$80, triggering an assault by beach workers on Saturday.
• The victims reported 15–20 attackers during the beating and later said in a video there were roughly 30, with lifeguards pulling them away from the crowd.
• Pernambuco’s Civil Police are investigating the case as bodily injury, and the state security secretariat said officers arrived after the situation was controlled.
• Ipojuca’s city hall condemned the violence, said it is working to identify those involved, and credited lifeguards and the municipal guard with securing the area.
• Medical care required app-based transport due to no ambulance and imaging outside Porto de Galinhas, exams found no fractures, and police later returned belongings at the hospital and relayed the stall owner’s Pix for a payment as social posts alleged abusive, cartel-like vendor practices.