Overview

• Fantástico obtained a 2024 report known as Bate Bola that listed Ruy Ferraz Fontes as a target and described orders relayed from inside prisons via intermediaries.
• Police report four arrests tied to the ambush—Dahesly Oliveira Pires, Luiz Henrique Santos Batista (“Fofão”), Rafael Marcell Dias Simões (“Jaguar”) and Willian Silva Marques—while three suspects remain at large: Felipe Avelino da Silva (“Mascherano”), Flávio Henrique Ferreira de Souza and Luiz Antônio Rodrigues de Miranda.
• Forensic work found DNA from Mascherano and Flávio in vehicles used in the crime and collected numerous fingerprints, with investigators also identifying two properties used by the group in Praia Grande and Mongaguá.
• The Praia Grande house owned by Willian Silva Marques, described as a base before and after the attack, yielded 41 genetic traces; rifles cited by witnesses have not been located, and Dahesly is accused of transporting a weapon on Luiz Antônio’s order.
• Authorities continue to pursue two lines of motive—retaliation for Fontes’s anti-PCC actions or issues tied to his municipal role—while a state bill to protect at‑risk retirees advances and a federal offer of investigative support was declined by São Paulo police.