Overview

• Police arrested Juliana Cristina Pinheiro dos Santos, known as Ju or Jhu do Pará, in Belém on suspicion of serving as a Comando Vermelho liaison and a rifle‑carrying soldier in Gardênia Azul.
• The joint action targeted CV’s push in Cidade de Deus and Gardênia Azul, with investigators highlighting cross‑state coordination between Rio de Janeiro and Pará cells.
• Authorities reported between 17 and 22 suspects detained and the seizure of rifles, pistols, grenades and drugs during the daylong operation.
• Messages recovered from a detainee’s phone urged followers to “set fire to everything,” and inmate Kevin “Kapetex” Carmo Pereira dos Santos was isolated and transferred to Bangu 1, according to the penitentiary authority.
• Barricades in flames, hijacked vehicles and blocked roads disrupted services, forcing detours on 21 bus lines and affecting multiple schools and two municipal health units, officials said.