Two Inmates Still at Large More Than 60 Hours After Escape From Tocantins Maximum‑Security Prison

Overview

• Civil and Military Police are conducting intensive searches across southern Tocantins, including the Gurupi area, and are soliciting anonymous tips via 190, 197, and Gurupi’s 24‑hour line at (63) 3312‑4110.
• The fugitives were identified as Gildásio Silva Assunção and Renan Barros da Silva, with Gildásio convicted of multiple homicides including a 2023 sentence of 72 years.
• Investigators say the pair sawed cell bars, reached a window, and used a rope made of bedsheets to scale the wall before fleeing.
• Post‑escape videos show the route over concertina wire, a jump near a guardhouse, and a cut section of the unit’s protective grille.
• Seciju reports the men had recently been moved between pavilions and were in a disciplinary cell, and the agency has reinforced security at the Cariri unit while the probe proceeds.