Overview

• Ruy Ferraz Fontes was shot dead on September 15 while driving in Praia Grande, and witnesses saw gunmen exit another car and fire multiple times.
• Public Security Secretary Guilherme Derrite said there is no doubt the PCC took part, citing intelligence that ties Felipe “Masquerano” Avelino da Silva to the group’s command structure.
• The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, ordered a full mobilization of the Civil Police to find those responsible.
• Praia Grande mayor Alberto Mourão said Fontes never reported investigating city contracts and stated his belief the crime could be retaliation for recent actions against the PCC, such as Operation Carbono Oculto.
• As context, the PM’s elite Rota unit killed alleged PCC figure Luken Cesar Burghi Augusto in Praia Grande on August 10; he was a fugitive with more than 46 years of convictions, including ties to the 2017 Araçatuba heist.