MP-BA Operation Detains Bamor Leaders in Torture Probe

Overview

• A coordinated operation led by the Ministério Público da Bahia’s Gaeco with state police units carried out searches and arrests in Salvador on Monday, September 28, targeting Bamor leadership.
• Authorities detained about ten people during the raid and executed 15 search-and-seizure orders, with local reporting that the group’s president Matheus Castro and vice-president Luciano Venâncio were among those held.
• Prosecutors say at least two victims were taken to the torcida’s headquarters in July and subjected to hours of physical and psychological abuse including simulated drowning, beatings and threats.
• Investigators allege the attackers forced victims to give bank details and that transfers were made during the assault, prompting probes of extortion, robbery, threats and criminal association alongside the torture case.
• Officials stressed the measures are aimed at individual members rather than the association’s legal entity and said the inquiry could lead to a Termo de Ajustamento de Conduta and tighter police oversight, with possible internal bans on implicated leaders.