Accused will be responsible for qualified homicide; Vinicius Gritzbach was shot dead at Guarulhos airport on November 8, 2024
The court of São Paulo made defendants on Monday (17.mar.mar.2025) 6 suspected of being involved in the death of the CCP whistleblower (first command of the capital) Antonio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach – shot dead at Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo on November 8, 2024.
The suspects will also be responsible for the death of the app driver Celso Araujo Sampaio de Novais, who was on the scene and was hit by the shots.
The defendants responded for qualified homicide. Here’s the 6 accused:
- Emílio Carlos Gongorra Castilho (cigarette): CCP leader and principal of the crime;
- Diego dos Santos Amaral (Didi): CCP leader and principal of the crime;
- Kauê do Amaral Coelho: Emilio’s Crime and Cousin Hailor;
- Fernando Genauro: Military police and escape pilot;
- Denis Antonio Martins: Military Police and Crime Executor;
- Ruan Silva Rodrigues: Military Police and Crime Executor.
In the decision, Judge Celso Araujo Sampaio de Novais, of the Guarulhos Forum, states that there is sufficient evidence of the involvement of the suspects in the crime.
“There are serious evidence of the defendants’ involvement in heinous crime, which puts society in constant disaster, contributing to destabilize the relationships of social coexistence, even more than the way it was committed, in full light of day, using agents of high destructive rifles, at the largest airport in Latin America, who circulate many people per day.”says an excerpt from the decision.
The judge also converted the arrest of the temporary defendants to preventive. Of the 6 accused, 3 are at large. The police are arrested in the Military Prison Romão Gomes.
Denunciation with the MP
Gritzbach was a defendant for murder and accused of involvement in money laundering schemes for the CCP criminal organization. Last year, he had signed an award -winning report with the prosecutor, providing the name of people linked to the CCP and also accusing police officers.
Gritzbach had promised to reveal “Hierarchical structure, division of tasks and modus operandi” From the faction’s money laundering scheme, but was shot dead at Terminal 2 of Guarulhos Airport.
The entrepreneur had also committed himself to contributing to investigations and “Present information regarding acts of corruption involving police delegates and police officers”, In addition to revealing databases and documents from the criminal organization and helping in the recovery “Total or partial of the product or the benefit of criminal offenses committed by the criminal association”.
The Special Action Group for the Repression of Organized Crime of the São Paulo Public Prosecution Service offered, in exchange for the award -winning denunciation, judicial forgiveness for the crime of integrating a criminal organization and reduction of the money laundering, with the imposition of an opened initial regime if convicted. The businessman would also have to pay a fine of $ 15 million.
