Rio Prosecutors Seek Interpol Red Notice for Fugitive Ex-Hurb CEO

Overview

• The Rio state prosecutor’s office asked Interpol to issue a red notice for João Ricardo Mendes and requested a passport block as he remains at large.
• A judge from the 32nd Criminal Court ordered his preventive detention on January 7, citing risk to public order and repeated breaches of electronic monitoring.
• Police and a court officer failed to find him at his Barra da Tijuca residence on January 9, and a caretaker said he had not been seen there since December 28.
• He was detained on January 5 at Jericoacoara airport carrying a false document and with a discharged ankle monitor, then released after a custody hearing.
• Brazil’s national registry lists the arrest warrant as pending, and public civil actions against Hurb remain unresolved, leaving consumer compensation undecided.