The death of Ruy Ferraz Fontes has resumed debates about violence and criminal performance on the state coast.
In recent days, who had already signaled the theme was Guilherme Derrite, Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo. In a lecture at the Forum O Optimista Brasil 2025, on September 8, the captain and federal deputy gave details about the “war scenario” he found in Baixada Santista during the shield and summer operations, carried out in 2023 and 2024 in the region.
“[As operações] Were widely publicized by the media; In some cases, criticized by those who did not imagine the war scenario that was found there in Baixada Santista, ”he began to derite.“ I want to make it clear that the confrontation is our last option. If there is someone who does not want the confrontation between the police and criminals is me, because it is the saddest moment of the life of this function that I perform here, ”he said.
The secretary mentioned that 27 barricades were demobilized, kind of makeshift trenches, in the dimension of Baixada Santista.
“It is not a scenario of peace and tranquility. What was forming there was the attempt to create a parallel territory within the state of Sao Paulo. We have seen this movie happen elsewhere and I’m sure it is very harmful,” he explained.
