Civil Police arrests the sixth person involved in the homicide of a businessman in Monte Alegre
With the suspect, a rifle, three other firearms, unspent ammunition, and cartridges were seized.
The Civil Police of Pará executed, on the morning of this Monday (28), an arrest warrant against a man suspected of homicide in Monte Alegre, a municipality in western Pará. The action took place during Operation "Gear," launched jointly by the Interior Police Directorate (DPI), the 21st Urban Section of Marabá, the Coordination of Operations and Special Resources (Core) of Belém and Carajás, and the Homicide Police Station of Marabá.
"The arrested man was already under investigation by the team for acting as a militiaman in the region and had a history of receiving payments to commit homicides. We managed to locate him on a farm, located 110 km from the city of Itupiranga, where we arrested him with the support of Core. With him, we seized several firearms, including a .762 caliber rifle, a .38 caliber gun, two shotguns of .12 and .16 calibers, unspent ammunition of various calibers, and cartridges for firearms," explained delegate Welington Kennedy, responsible for the investigations.
The crime - One of the victims, identified as Romário Rodrigues Fernandes, was shot dead on November 20, 2024. The suspect arrived on a motorcycle taxi at the store where Romário was, took him outside, and shot him. He died on the spot. A police inquiry was initiated to investigate the facts, and Operation "Gear" was launched to arrest those involved.
"On March 10 of this year, civil police managed to arrest two men and one woman involved in the crime in Monte Alegre. On March 12, another man and a woman were arrested in the municipality of Santarém. Today's arrest counts six people involved in the death. This was a meticulous investigation work, conducted by the Civil Police team of Monte Alegre, which acted in joint action with the Investigation Support Center of Lower and Middle Amazon (NAI/BMA)," informed delegate Hennison Jacob, director of the DPI.
