Overview

• Diego Fernandes de Souza, known as Minotauro, was detained in Paraisópolis by DEIC’s 4th Patrimony unit on suspicion of leading a residential-robbery crew.
• Police recovered roughly 20 artworks and luxury items, with two paintings preliminarily valued at about R$3 million each, and a Paraisópolis resident who stored the pieces will face receptation charges.
• Authorities link the group to at least 30 high-end home robberies in three years, focused on jewelry, branded watches, and cash, with reports that victims were bound and assaulted.
• The arrest followed an overnight attempt to invade a Morumbi condominium that involved gunfire, a diversion through a municipal daycare, and a hostage incident, with two suspects captured and others sought.
• The state public security office says Minotauro’s name appears in at least 14 inquiries since 2016, and investigators continue to probe the crew and any role he may have had in the latest Morumbi case.