Rio Assembly Sets Votes on Bacellar’s Detention After PF Leak Probe

Overview

• Rodrigo Bacellar remains held at the PF’s Rio superintendence, with the CCJ set to deliberate Friday and a plenary vote scheduled for Monday that requires at least 36 votes.
• Moraes also removed him from the Assembly presidency as authorities say he warned TH Jóias about Operation Zargun and advised the removal or destruction of potential evidence.
• PF and PGR point to seized communications, searches at homes, offices and his Alerj office, and about R$90,000 found in his official car to argue risk of flight and witness intimidation.
• PSD and left-wing parties announced support for maintaining the detention, the PL will not instruct its bench, and internal counts suggest a likely revocation; the defense denies wrongdoing.
• Operation Unha e Carne forms part of a broader ADPF 635-driven push to trace links between Rio’s political sphere and the Comando Vermelho, with further investigative steps in view.