Manaus Driver Accused of Running Over Community Dogs Ordered to Preventive Detention

Overview

• A judge converted the arrest to preventive detention during Thursday's custody hearing, keeping 35-year-old Jefferson Figliuolo jailed.
• Security video from Rua Adauto Uchôa shows a white car driving onto the sidewalk and hitting six dogs, killing one and injuring five, with two still at the Amazonas public veterinary hospital including one with a lung contusion.
• Police detained Figliuolo early Thursday at Eduardo Gomes International Airport as he waited to board a flight to São Paulo.
• Investigators at Dema, the Amazonas police unit for environmental and urban crimes, are collecting evidence and working to determine why the driver targeted the animals.
• Neighbors say the dogs are community animals they feed and care for, and residents have continued tending to the injured and to puppies left without their mother.