Overview

• Rio security agencies now count traffickers from 13 states embedded in CV-held areas, with Pará supplying 78 suspects hiding in major complexes.
• Documents and wiretaps detail federal-prison links and covert message routes that enabled recruitment and remote command, supporting expansion to 25 states plus the Federal District and drawing warnings that the CV now contests the PCC nationally.
• Police and court records depict Fernandinho Beira-Mar leveraging federal custody to influence the faction, endorsing figures such as Luiz Carlos “Da Roça/Zeus,” who later consolidated power in Muzema during clashes with local militias.
• Case files describe Ceará boss José Mario “ZM” residing in Rocinha under local protection and directing operations from Rio, evading repeated raids as interstate task forces intensify coordination and joint actions.
• A legal change extending minimum federal-custody terms to three years is cited by prosecutors as lengthening opportunities for inmate ties, while the Federal Penitentiary Police chief rejects that assessment and says the system contains criminal contact.