São Paulo Mayor’s Sister Arrested After Facial Recognition Flags Her at City Clinic

Overview

• Police say Smart Sampa identified Janaina Reis Miron at the UBS Veleiros in Socorro around 3:20 p.m. Thursday, leading to her detention and booking by officers.
• Two active warrants stem from prior convictions for drunk driving with contempt of police from an October 2022 stop and for bodily injury in a separate 2014 case involving her child.
• Court records show she was sentenced in April 2024 for the bodily injury case and in July 2025 to one year and three months over the Botucatu incident.
• The municipal administration said the operation complied with judicial orders and Smart Sampa protocols, noting the surveillance network spans tens of thousands of cameras used to find fugitives and missing people.
• According to OAB representatives and relatives, she is in treatment for alcoholism and preparing for a liver transplant, and she did not have a private lawyer for the custody hearing at the Barra Funda courthouse.