According to the GCM command, the agents were responding to another incident at the airport, which is now being investigated as a possible planned distraction
The murder of Antonio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach at Guarulhos International Airport has raised concerns about public safety and the influence of organized crime in Brazil. The crime occurred during a shootout that also resulted in the death of an app driver and left two other people injured. At the time of the attack, the absence of Guarulhos Metropolitan Civil Guard agents at the scene, despite a corporation minibus being parked nearby, raised suspicions. According to the Civil Guard command, the agents were responding to another incident at the airport, which is now being investigated as a possible planned distraction.
The death of Gritzbach, who was a whistleblower for the PCC (First Command of the Capital) and had also reported corruption among civil police officers, exposes the fragility of security at the airport and raises suspicions about possible collusion between police forces and organized crime. The businessman was escorted by military police officers, who were not present at the time of the crime due to mechanical problems in the vehicle. In response to the incident, the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, highlighted the need for stricter legislation, suggesting classifying members of criminal factions as terrorists.
*With information from David de Tarsus
