A survey by the Rio de Janeiro Public Defender’s Office revealed that 9,428 investigations into homicides and attempted homicides against children and adolescents in the state have been waiting for completion since 1999. The number represents 60% of all crimes of this type in the last 24 years. The study was based on information from the Civil Police Secretariat and the Public Security Institute, on homicide crimes against people aged 0 to 17 years. According to the report, if only open inquiries are considered, the average processing time is 9 years and 8 months. Of this total, almost 79% correspond to intentional homicides. Most homicides against minors in Rio de Janeiro are with the use of firearms, there are 3,311 cases. Another data from the survey shows that, when the child or teenager is a victim of police violence, the average duration of the investigation is even longer: 10 and a half years. This year, the Fogo Cruzado Institute mapped five children and 11 teenagers killed by firearms in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region.
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06/07/2023 – A military police officer was arrested for participating in a robbery at the Tomás Coelho Viaduct, North Zone. According to police, he and three other criminals carried out robberies at the scene. They were arrested near the Pilares neighborhood, North Zone. Military police also seized weapons, cell phones and money along with the criminals.
07/07/2023 – A joint operation by the Copacabana police station and the Ipanema police station arrested criminals who were part of a gang specialized in cell phone robbery in Rio’s South Zone. The Iphones would be taken to São Paulo and sold there. The action was carried out after complaints to the Disque Denúncia. Police officers noticed the increase in cases of robberies on the waterfront, carried out by criminals who committed the crimes using bicycles. Three members of the gang were arrested at a hotel in Copacabana. The trio was staying in the neighborhood just to steal the devices. In total, nine cell phones were recovered.
07/07/2023 – A man was murdered while walking on Rua Dona Romana, in Engenho Novo, North Zone. The Military Police already found him lifeless at the scene and with gunshot marks. The Capital Homicide Police Station (DHC) launched an inquiry to determine his death. He was killed at the same address where he worked and a month after gaining house arrest benefit.
07/07/2023 – Civil Police arrested 57 people in an office that applied false loan scams in downtown Rio. Located on Rua da Quitanda, the office had several rooms and different teams. Criminals worked by making false loans and credit assignments, applying the scam mainly to retirees and pensioners. In addition to the computers, a money counting machine was also seized.
08/07/2023 – The dispute over territory between rival militia groups operating in the Baixada Fluminense left four dead, including a 12-year-old child, and one person injured in Nova Iguaçu. The first victim was a 58-year-old man, he was found dead in a bar. The second victim, a 12-year-old boy, died after being shot while playing in Campo Santa Lúcia. The other victims were hit in a late afternoon shooting attack. On social networks, there are reports that the shots would have come from a car that passed in front of the bar and that one of the victims was a member of a militia.
09/07/2023 – A party at a condominium in Taquara, West Zone, ended with three people shot. The shots were fired by a civil police officer who allegedly argued with a military police officer, both of whom were participating in the event. After an argument, the civil police officer shot. According to witnesses, their discussion was due to the air conditioning in the ballroom, which would be on and the door to the venue could not be left open. Another hypothesis is that the civil police officer would have complained about the loud music in the celebration, which would be bothering other people.
11/07/2023 – Civil Police arrested four people in Operation Seeds, against a scheme to issue false medical reports for growing marijuana at home. The Anti-Drug Law in Brazil prohibits the cultivation of marijuana at home, but it is possible to obtain a legal authorization to produce cannabis for therapeutic purposes. According to investigations by the Leblon Police Station, the gang produced medical documents indicating that patients would need this medicinal use, but the objective was to sell the drug for profit.
11/07/2023 – Military Police carried out an operation in communities of Complexo da Serrinha, in Madureira, North Zone. An elderly man was shot. Residents reported an intense shooting and criminals set fire to barricades to make it difficult for military police to access.
12/07/2023 – Two men identified by the Civil Police as members of a militia were arrested in the community of Carobinha, Campo Grande, West Zone. According to the police, “Arthuzinho”, 28 years old, and “Fael”, 32 years old, are part of the gang led by Zinho. With them, a rifle, pistols, ammunition, and police uniforms were seized. According to the police, they were personal security guards for militiaman Bruno Cesar de Santana, known as “Cara de Égua”, a man chosen by Zinho to control the Carobinha region.
12/07/2023 – A man was shot in the Furquim Mendes community, in Jardim América, North Zone. On social media, images circulate of a man shot lying in the middle of the street. The case would have happened on Esplendor Street, one of the accesses to the community. It has been occupied by the Military Police since 9 May.
13/07/2023 – A clandestine junkyard in Penha, North Zone, was interdicted this by Secretariat of Public Order agents. They found 155 kg of illegal copper, a gun and even streetlights for sale. In addition, the establishment did not have a permit to operate. Clandestine junkyards are often places to collect stolen wires.
14/07/2023 – An 18-year-old youth was shot on Rua Haddock Lobo in Estácio, downtown Rio, late in the morning. The young man was shot in the stomach. At the hospital he told the Military Police that a man approached him and shot him.
14/07/2023 – A man was shot and killed inside the São Clemente samba school court, in Cidade Nova, downtown Rio. The 35-year-old victim was shot in the chest and did not resist. According to witnesses, he was on the court during the organization of a samba school event when a man appeared, went towards the victim, and shot. The criminal fled the scene.
