Overview

• Published clips show eight BOPE agents selecting branded clothing, sneakers and perfumes and joking about taking a JBL speaker, while one returns a phone saying it is to avoid claims they took it.
• The images exist because corporal Leandro Silva Pereira dos Santos apparently left his body camera running, and he appears among those taking items.
• The incident occurred on January 15 during Operation Caixinha in Complexo do Alemão, and reporting says there was no judicial warrant authorizing entry to the home.
• The Military Police’s internal inquiry was sent to the Rio state prosecutor’s office on September 1 and remains under analysis by the 2nd Prosecutor’s Office for the Military Court.
• Police say the internal probe was concluded and forwarded to prosecutors and that the agents are off street duty in administrative roles, while OAB-RJ and legislative human-rights bodies demand criminal, administrative and civil accountability and cite a recurring pattern of abuses.