July data from the Public Security Institute, released this Thursday (22), show that cases of intentional homicide, violent lethality, and cargo theft fell in 2024 compared to last year’s data. However, they also indicate an increase in vehicle and cell phone thefts in the state. In the accumulated between January and July, there was a 17% drop in cases of violent lethality: 2,203 in 2024, against 2670 cases in 2023. Intentional homicides registered a drop of 13.7% compared to last year. In the case of cargo thefts, the decrease recorded was in the period of the first seven months of the year: in 2024, 1474, against 2226 in 2023. The increase in vehicle thefts was 93% in July 2024 compared to last year: 2254, against 1165 in 2023. 3,683 weapons were seized, an average of 17 weapons per day, and 14,430 records of drugs were seized, an average of 68 seizures per day, representing an increase of 7% compared to the same period in 2023.
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16/08/2024 – After an intense shootout, the target of an operation by police officers from the Police Station for the Repression of Criminal Factions (DRFC), Wallerson Sousa da Silva, alias “Troia”, was arrested on Friday (16), in an apartment, on Ladeira dos Tabajaras, in Copacabana, South Zone. Member of the Red Command (CV) in the north of the country, the suspect had been hiding in Rio for at least a year. With the suspect, the police seized notebooks with the gang’s accounting, cell phones, and a computer. At the beginning of the operation, there was a confrontation. Data from the Civil Police in April of 2024 showed that, until then, at least 101 criminals from other states were hiding in favelas in the Metropolitan Region of Rio.
17/08/2024 – A man had his motorcycle and belongings taken during a robbery on Avenida Epitácio Pessoa, in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, South Zone, around noon this Saturday (17). According to the Military Police, the 23rd BPM (Leblon) and the 14th DP, in the same neighborhood, are investigating the two robbers. The crime was caught and filmed by witnesses and shared on social networks. In the images, it is possible to see a motorcycle stopped across the street while a man wearing a helmet and a Flamengo shirt tries to pull an object from the victim, who is also wearing a helmet, and resist the action.
19/08/2024 – A shooting attack at Praça Barão de Drumond, known as Praça Sete, in Vila Isabel, in the North Zone of Rio, left five people dead and three others injured, on Monday (19). The victims were at a party at the site, which is close to Morro dos Macacos when four men on two motorcycles opened fire. A young man identified as Pedro Henrique Barbosa da Conceição, 18, died. According to the police, he was the target of the attack. According to the first information, the shooter would be from Morro São João, in Engenho Novo, also in the North Zone. Drug traffickers from the community, dominated by the Red Command, have been waging a war with the Morro dos Macacos gang, controlled by the Pure Third Command (TCP).
19/08/2024 – An operation by the Military Police in Cidade de Deus, West Zone, left nine people shot and arrested 12 criminals on Monday (19). Among the dead are two suspects who were trying to flee from the police. The PM reported that it arrested 12 criminals in the action in Cidade de Deus. With the arrestees, the police seized seven rifles, two grenades, and drugs. In all, about 11 tons of barricades were removed on 13 roads in the community. The action aimed to combat the activity of the Red Command in the region.
20/08/2024 – A suspect died on Tuesday morning (20), during a shootout between police and criminals in Morro do Juramento, in Vicente de Carvalho, in the North Zone of Rio. According to the PM, the exchange of fire took place during a patrol in the region. In addition, they confirmed that there is no operation in the community on Tuesday. With the suspect, teams from the 41st BPM (Irajá) seized a rifle and ammunition.
20/08/2024 – A penal police officer was shot after reacting to a robbery on Tuesday afternoon (20), in Méier, north of Rio de Janeiro. According to information, the police officer was on a motorcycle when he was approached by two robbers on another motorcycle. The agent was armed and reacted. There was an exchange of fire and he, as well as one of the suspects, ended up shot. The other suspect managed to flee during the shooting.
21/08/2024 – On Wednesday morning (21), a shootout involving the Military Police and drug traffickers took place in the Chapadão Complex, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, resulting in three men injured. The confrontation took place during a patrol operation in the area known as Cavaleiros. During the action, teams from the 41st BPM (Irajá) seized a rifle, two pistols, a grenade, and drugs. The PM intensified patrols in the area to prevent possible reprisals. The shooting follows an incident that occurred on Tuesday (20), when a .50 machine gun shot hit an armored vehicle of the PM on patrol in Chapadão, without causing injuries to the police. The projectile was trapped in the last layer of the vehicle’s armor.
23/08/2024 – Brigadeiro Trompowski Avenue was closed on Friday morning (23) in yet another protest against the demolitions in Parque União, in Complexo da Maré, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The Civil and Military Police and the Municipal Department of Public Order (Seop) have been in the community since the beginning of the week to tear down what they consider the “trafficking condominium”, a set of properties still under construction erected without the approval of the public authorities or safety standards. In addition to the demonstration in the community, teachers organized an act in front of the City Hall of Rio.
