Police Arrest ‘Madrinha da Cidade Alta’ in Complexo de Israel Raid

Overview

• Luana Rosa de Araújo, known as Madrinha da Cidade Alta, was arrested during a joint Military and Civil Police operation in the Complexo de Israel on Tuesday and is held on four preventive warrants.
• Authorities say the warrants include two for homicide and two for association with drug trafficking and that she served as a trusted TCP lieutenant responsible for the faction’s bookkeeping.
• Police seized a cellphone, a drug ledger and a notebook that investigators say document financial flows and links to Álvaro 'Peixão', and officials intend to use those records to pursue higher-ranking suspects.
• Officers reported six people detained so far and two others taken to Cidade da Polícia, and they described resistance during the operation, including traffickers setting barricades and vehicles on fire.
• Investigators say Luana ordered expulsions of residents to create drug points and directed attacks on buses, and police say the case could weaken TCP control in several communities if the seized evidence leads to further arrests.