Overview

• Rio’s Civil and Military Police, with the MPRJ, executed arrest and search warrants in Gardênia Azul and Cidade de Deus to curb Comando Vermelho’s territorial push.
• Later updates reported 16 detentions, with a rifle, a pistol and drugs among the items seized during the ongoing operation.
• Police say a seized cellphone showed a message from the jailed figure known as Kapetex instructing supporters to set fires and stage protests.
• Outlets reported buses commandeered as barricades and additional roadblocks erected following the circulation of the prison message.
• Elite units including Bope and Core joined intelligence teams with support from Pará, as probes detail traffickers’ use of drones and coercion to control residents.