Overview

• Authorities said surveillance video captured a car chase that ended with Fontes’ vehicle overturning before gunmen exited another car and opened fire, and emergency responders confirmed his death at the scene.
• Investigators recovered a second vehicle used in the crime that offenders failed to burn and collected fingerprints and other material that led to two suspects, whose temporary arrests have been requested but not publicly carried out.
• State security deployed DHPP, Deic, Deinter‑6 and tactical police units including BAEP and ROTA, with intelligence teams analyzing images and forensic exams as part of an integrated investigation.
• Police are assessing whether the killing was retaliation tied to Fontes’ past actions against the PCC, though other lines of inquiry remain under review.
• Two bystanders—a 33-year-old woman and her 19-year-old nephew—were shot during the attack; she was discharged after surgery, and he remains hospitalized with a leg fracture.