Leaked Chats Link CV Leadership to Torture Orders as Rio Police Tout Major Seizures After Deadly Raid

Overview

• Police say groups on messaging apps coordinated punishments and scheduled which traffickers guarded drug points and accompanied Doca in the Penha and Alemão complexes.
• Investigators identify Juan Breno Ramos, known as BMW, as the enforcer who carries out punishments, appearing in leaked videos that show him mocking a bound victim on a video call with Carlos Costa Neves, the Gadernal.
• A man identified as Aldenir Martins do Monte Junior was filmed being dragged and tortured for several minutes and is now missing, with police believing he may have been killed.
• Edgar Alves de Andrade, called Doca or Urso, escaped Tuesday’s large-scale operation, remains a fugitive with more than 20 arrest warrants, and is the subject of a R$100,000 reward from Disque Denúncia.
• Civil Police report 113 arrests, 10 juvenile apprehensions, 91 rifles, 26 pistols, a revolver, and tons of drugs seized, with the security chief calling it the biggest blow the CV has taken.