Newly Sworn-In São Paulo Police Delegate Arrested Over Alleged PCC Infiltration

Overview

• Layla Lima Ayub was taken into custody at her home in western São Paulo as authorities executed search warrants in São Paulo and Marabá, and a PCC member on conditional release was also detained on a temporary warrant.
• The MP-SP says Ayub acted as an attorney at a December 28 custody hearing in Pará despite already being a delegate, a practice prohibited by law and internal rules.
• Investigators point to her relationship with Jardel Neto Pereira da Cruz, known as Dedel, identified as a PCC figure who attended her December 19 swearing-in and later lived with her in São Paulo.
• Case materials cite suspected laundering through a bakery in Itaquera linked to the couple and reference a wider probe into at least 49 companies allegedly used to wash PCC funds.
• In authorizing detentions, a judge warned that if the PCC recruited her to pass the police exam, the state could be steps away from becoming a narco-state.