Moraes Halts Rio Police Probes Into Families, Orders Bodycam Evidence Preserved

Overview

• Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended Civil Police inquiries targeting relatives who removed bodies after the Rio megaoperation.
• He ordered preservation of officers’ bodycam footage and the delivery of autopsy reports to enable federal examination of the case.
• Moraes also froze a CNMP complaint that had stalled requests from the Federal Prosecution Service and directed the council to provide the sought information.
• The justice summoned Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet and Chamber of Deputies president Hugo Motta to discuss next steps related to the operation.
• Operation Contenção on Oct. 28 in the Alemão and Penha complexes left 121 dead, including four police officers, as the state inquiry into alleged procedural fraud remains active but actions against families are suspended.