Rio Police Stage Major Operation in Salgueiro Targeting Comando Vermelho Leaders

Overview

• Teams advancing through the Complexo do Salgueiro were met with gunfire as traffickers set vehicles ablaze and put up barricades.
• Elite units from BOPE, the Batalhão de Choque and the Civil Police’s CORE are leading the action with specialized and district squads.
• Authorities deployed 20 armored vehicles, two aircraft, 123 patrol cars and four rescue ambulances, including two armored.
• Warrants target senior Comando Vermelho figures, including 61-year-old Antônio Ilário Ferreira, known as Rabicó.
• Municipal authorities closed several local schools for the day, and no BR-101 highway closure was recorded at the last update.