05/05/2023 – Three men were shot dead in a forested area in Muzema, West Zone. According to residents, the shooting started early, and the bodies were found in a place known as Siri, inside the community. Police are still working on identifying the victims.
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05/05/2023 – A body was left inside a dumpster on Rua Limeira, in one of the accesses to a community in Tomás Coelho, North Zone. Military police officers were triggered to check an occurrence and found the victim with his feet ripped off. The man, who has not yet been identified, had signs of torture on his body. Police seek to understand the motivation and authorship of the crime.
06/05/2023 – A shopkeeper died from a gunshot wound to the head on Rua Comandante Mário Lahmeyer, in the Colégio neighborhood, North Zone, during an attempted robbery. According to witnesses, the 72-year-old victim was attacked by two men while driving. The criminals arrived on a motorcycle and stole the elderly man’s car, but it stopped due to the alarm, which motivated the murder. The criminals fled.
07/05/2023 – Criminals on the run, after the failed attempt to invade the Campinho and Fubá hills, in Cascadura, headed towards the Patolinha favela, in Complexo da Serrinha, in Madureira, also in the North Zone. The bandits took at least five hostages at the scene. Among the hostages were children and a 76-year-old woman. The Military Police were at the scene and negotiated for the criminal’s surrender. The Military Police reported that two criminals were arrested and two rifles, a pistol, two grenades, as well as magazines and ammunition were seized.
08/08/2023 – Two people were kidnapped on Estrada dos Bandeirantes, near Vargem Pequena, West Zone. The body of one of the victims was found nearby. According to police information, the victim owned a snack trailer. She and her aide were taken away by two hooded men. So far, there is no information about the motivation of the crime or the whereabouts of the other victim.
08/05/2023 – The Military Police arrested in Praça Seca, West Zone, a man considered one of the biggest cargo robbers in the Jacarepaguá region. He was found with a load that had been stolen from a truck hours earlier. The 25-year-old criminal had the material on a motorcycle and tried to flee the police when he saw the car. He already has an long criminal record, including 14 accusations of cargo robbery.
09/05/2023 – A young man died after he was shot during a mass robbery on Estrada do Colégio, in the Colégio neighborhood, North Zone. According to witnesses, the 22-year-old victim was hit by two shots while bandits tried to rob bus passengers and pedestrians on the road.
10/05/2023 – A man was shot after leaving the gym on Rua Murilo Braga, in Senador Camará, West Zone. A police operation was underway in the community at the time of the shooting. The 44-year-old victim had left the gym and was returning home when he was hit by rifle shots. An inquiry was opened to determine the circumstances of the situation. During the operation, which aimed to repress cargo robbery, the police seized belongings that had just been stolen.
10/05/2023 – Civil police officers from Santa Teresa arrested two businessmen for torturing and robbing an employee. The victim, who works with the arrested duo, told the police that she was tied up, beaten, threatened with being burned and had her hair cut by the bosses. She works at an aesthetics clinic at Santos Dumont Airport, in Glória, downtown Rio. The owner of the establishment would have suspected that the employee would be “stealing her customers”. The police chief responsible for the investigations, said that the employee was at home when her bosses knocked on the door. The three argued and at one point the duo quickly tied the employee and began the torture session.
11/05/2023 – A police task force thwarted an attempt robbery to a Caixa Econômica Federal branch, on Ilha do Governador, North Zone. There was an intense shooting. Seven men were arrested, and two were shot. The attack took place around 4:00 on Rua Capitão Barbosa and the criminals were surprised by the police, who had already been monitoring the gang. There were at least 12 criminals with rifles. They even detonated a bomb but failed to take the money. On the run, the rest of the gang dropped explosives on the agency and stole a car. According to the police, they were from other states and were co-opted by drug dealers from Complexo do Alemão. Three of the arrested were from Bahia, Paraíba and Minas Gerais.
11/05/2023 – The Military and Civil Police held another edition of Operation Tourniquet in the Maré Complex, North Zone. The action, against cargo and vehicle theft, took place in Parque União and Nova Holanda communities and ended with 103 vehicles seized. Eleven criminals were arrested. According to the Civil Police, 83 bikes and 20 cars were recovered by the officers, as well as a rifle, eight pistols, a grenade, and drugs. A site used to remove parts from stolen vehicles and a cocaine refinery were also found.
11/05/2023 – Cable thieves are using trucks and even disguising themselves as Light technicians to rob. A resident of the Quintino neighborhood caught when three men parked a truck without the chest on the sidewalk of Clarimundo de Melo Street. One of them opens the lid of a manhole and descends, then resurfaces with the tip of several large -caliber cables and delivers to a criminal on the sidewalk, who engages them in the truck. The vehicle pulls, dragging meters of wires until the cable breaks.
