Brazilian Police Press Cases With Raids, Arrests and a Gang Suspect Killed

Overview

• In Feira de Santana, Bahia, officers killed Victor Conceição, known as Fubá, in a shootout and arrested a second suspect, with police seizing a revolver, cocaine and marijuana.
• In Naque, Minas Gerais, a 38-year-old farm worker confessed after video showed him dragging a 20-year-old woman to a river, and firefighters later found her body.
• In Piauí, Civil Police ran Operation Cavalo de Tróia and detained a suspected gunman and an alleged insider tied to the robbery and killing of an elderly man in Batalha.
• In Araguari, Minas Gerais, investigators said a driver was executed in a turf fight between gangs and indicted four people under the new federal anti-gang statute, which allows stiff penalties for ultraviolent criminal groups.
• In Rio de Janeiro, Military Police internal affairs opened an inquiry after 24-year-old Isabel Santos de Souza died in crossfire in Quintino, while the homicide unit works to identify who fired the fatal shot.