São Paulo Court Frees Five Suspects in Killing of Ex–Police Chief Ruy Ferraz Fontes

Overview

• Judge Felipe Esmanhoto Mateo, of the Praia Grande jury court, denied preventive detention for five indictees and ordered electronic monitoring and other precautionary measures.
• Those released to respond under monitoring are Dahsely Oliveira Pires, Luiz Henrique Santos Batista (Fofão), Rafael Marcell Dias Simões (Jaguar), Danilo Pereira Pena (Matemático) and José Nildo da Silva.
• Preventive detention was decreed for seven others, and BNMP records indicate four of them remain fugitives with active warrants.
• The DHPP concluded the first phase of the probe and indicted 12 people for qualified homicide, restricted‑use firearms offenses and participation in a criminal organization.
• Police report links to the PCC based on recovered messages, identified safe houses and vehicles, and a fingerprint attributed to Felipe Avelino da Silva (Mascherano) on a car used in the attack, with separate inquests pursuing possible masterminds.