Overview
- The coordinated search focused on Pavilions 5 and 10 with simultaneous entry by INPE staff, the national police, the armed forces and the INPE special operations group GOES.
- Justice Minister Walter Martínez Laura and Defense Minister César Díaz led the action, with acting INPE president Shadia Valdez Tejada directing the operation.
- Authorities recovered knives, suspected narcotics, cigarette packs and 9mm ammunition hidden in walls and drainage ducts, and they dismantled illegal electrical connections and seized prohibited equipment.
- All seized material was transferred to the Public Ministry to open investigations and determine potential criminal responsibility.
- The Executive framed the sweep as part of an ongoing campaign to disrupt criminal structures inside prisons, with similar operations planned at other facilities.