STF Demands Answers on Rio’s Deadliest Raid as Lula Urges Congress to Pass Anti-Faction Bill

Overview

• Justice Alexandre de Moraes scheduled Monday meetings in Rio with Governor Cláudio Castro, Mayor Eduardo Paes and other authorities, and ordered a detailed operational report under the ADPF das Favelas oversight.
• Lula signed and sent an anti-faction bill to Congress with urgent status, proposing tougher penalties for gang leaders, undercover operations in suspected fronts and a National Registry of Criminal Organizations.
• Seven governors aligned with the opposition announced the Consórcio da Paz to share intelligence, personnel and purchases across states including São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal District.
• Rights institutions pressed for accountability as Rio’s public defender’s office said deaths could reach 132 and the United Nations called for investigations and policing reform.
• The human toll continued outside the raid zones as 28-year-old Bárbara Elisa Yabeta Borges, riding in a ride-hailing car, was killed by gunfire during a shootout on the Linha Amarela in Rio.