Rio Police Launch 'Muro de Favores' Operation, Arrest Councilor in TCP–Politics Probe

Overview

• Eight arrest warrants and 36 search-and-seizure orders are being executed in the Baixada Fluminense as part of the crackdown.
• The DCOC-LD is leading the action within the state’s Barricada Zero strategy targeting barricade-backed control of territory.
• Councilor Ernane Aleixo of São João de Meriti was detained after audio and messages indicated he supplied materials for barricades and arranged nomination slots for political support.
• Searches focus on areas including Trio de Ouro in São João de Meriti, Guacha, Santa Tereza in Belford Roxo, and Vilar dos Teles where barricades were built.
• Police say the targeted TCP cell was managed by Marlon “Pagodeiro,” lieutenant to regional leader Geonário “Genaro,” with evidence tying the group to drug trafficking, extortion, homicides and money laundering, and citing a reported 2023 confession by Pagodeiro to three killings.