Police Use of Private Drone in Pavuna Shooting Prompts Detentions as Trials and Probes Multiply

Overview

• Bodycam and security recordings released this week show two off‑duty Polícia Militar officers used a privately owned drone to monitor the pickup of businessman Daniel Patrício Santos de Oliveira before shooting his vehicle, and those two officers remain detained while the Ministério Público and the PM corregedoria investigate.
• A jury trial began Monday in Guarulhos for police accused of executing businessman Antônio Vinícius Gritzbach in November 2024, with witness testimony producing tense courtroom clashes between defense lawyers and the prosecutor as the court hears survivors and forensic witnesses.
• The PM corregedoria has opened separate inquiries into recent officer‑involved incidents, including a Campo Grande sergeant who admitted to firing two pistol shots after an altercation that left Fábio Ferreira da Silva dead.
• Violent clashes have escalated in Rio das Pedras after members of a local militia reportedly defected to the Comando Vermelho, leading to firefights with police, three deaths, and seizures of rifles, pistols and grenades that investigators say point to shifting armed alliances.
• Courts and police have advanced other criminal actions from the weekend: a soldier who ran over a motorcyclist was held in preventive custody after tests showed intoxication, multiple public shootings around the country remain under active investigation with suspects at large, and authorities are using camera evidence and search warrants to build cases.