Judge Frees Five Suspects Under Electronic Monitoring in Killing of Former São Paulo Civil Police Chief

Overview

• A São Paulo court ordered conditional release with ankle monitors for five of the 12 people indicted in the September 15 assassination of Ruy Ferraz in Praia Grande.
• Investigators from the DHPP had sought preventive detention for all the accused, and the case proceeds under judicial secrecy.
• The released defendants were identified as Dahsely Oliveira Pires, Luiz Henrique Santos Batista (Fofão), Rafael Marcell Dias Simões (Jaguar), Danilo Pereira Pena (Matemático) and José Nildo da Silva.
• Two suspects remain at large, and one man identified as a shooter died during a warrant operation in Paraná.
• Civil Police say elements indicate PCC participation in the ambush, and one participant from a car used in the attack has not yet been formally identified in the report sent to prosecutors.