Phone Images Indicate "Genocide" of Brazilian Criminal Faction, According to Police

07/25/2018 - 11h31

The Civil Police of São Paulo claim there is a "genocide" taking place in the country, organized by the criminal faction PCC in its war against rival groups to dominate Brazilian drug trafficking.

The unprecedented classification, which appears in an official document issued by the police, is the result of last month's seizure of mobile phones and tablets from two criminals responsible for tracking deaths ordered by the faction.

	Rogério Cassimiro - 09.ago.06/Folhapress
	2006 São Paulo violence outbreak- São Paulo's Military Police (Polícia Militar) is the main target of the attacks.

According to the document, the devices have thousands of images of people murdered all over the country at the behest of the criminal faction - enemies or members of the group accused of misconduct.

Although staggering, the number of deaths stored in the devices was already expected by the police. In six months of parallel investigations, the police had already calculated approximately 400 murders ordered by the criminal organization - an average of two a day. Now the police will be able to crosscheck their suspicions with the images.

The officers also knew that the heads of the group ordered all deaths to be photographed or recorded and sent to those responsible for keeping track of the murders.

An example of this obligation, according to the police, is a case in Mato Grosso do Sul, in which members of the criminal faction murdered a person, as ordered by their leaders, but "forgot to photograph the victim."

When such members reported this fact to PCC leaders, they were forced to return to the crime scene, dig up the body and photograph it.

This material was found in devices seized last month during operation Echelon. They belonged to Adriano Hilário dos Santos, known as Kaique, and to Alexandre da Silva Araújo, known as Da Sul - both have been arrested. Police claim they are two of the five members responsible for tracking PCC deaths in the country, the so-called "disciplinary measures of the states."

Translated by ANA BEATRIZ DEMARIA

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