The body reinforces monitoring of measures imposed by the STF and requests details about the operation that left 119 people dead
The PGR (Attorney General’s Office) spoke out this Wednesday (29.Oct.2025) about the request from the CNDH (National Council for Human Rights) to the (Supreme Federal Court) to investigate the mega police operation in Complexo do Alemão and Penha, in Rio de Janeiro. The action, carried out on Tuesday (Oct 28), resulted in , being the most lethal in the history of the State.
In the document, the PGR supports the request for information to verify compliance with the determinations of ADPF 635, known as “ADPF das Favelas”. The agency states that “reiterates the same requests for information deduced by the Group Coordinator [de Trabalho] of the CNMP, with the addition of inquiries from the CNDH”, especially regarding the lethality recorded and respect for the parameters set by the Supreme Court.
The Prosecutor’s Office highlighted that, still on Tuesday (Oct 28), the Monitoring Working Group had already asked the Rio de Janeiro government for data on “police lethality and victimization (…) as well as regarding compliance with the parameters established in the decision of the Federal Supreme Court” in ADPF 635.
“The Attorney General’s Office reiterates the same requests for information made by the Group Coordinator, the Regional Attorney of the Republic and member of the National Council of the Public Ministry, Dr. Antônio Edílio Magalhães Teixeira, with the addition of inquiries from the CNDH, amicus curiae”said Paulo Gonet.
The PGR further indicated that “complementary measures may be considered” by the STF after analyzing the requested information.
The demonstration was presented after minister Alexandre de Moraes set a deadline of 24 hours for the body to take a position. With the retirement of minister Roberto Barroso, Moraes became temporarily responsible for conducting ADPF 635.
Operation in Rio
The Civil Police reported that Operation Containment targeted “narcoterrorists”. Of the 119 dead, 115 were classified in this category. Four police officers died during the action and are the only ones officially recognized by the corporation as victims.
RJ’s Civil Police Secretary, Felipe Curi, said that agents seized 118 weapons, including 91 rifles, 26 pistols and 1 revolver, in addition to 14 explosive devices. Hundreds of chargers, thousands of ammunition and tons of drugs were also collected, still being counted.
ADPF of Favelas
The STF on April 3 presented the Rio de Janeiro State government’s plan to reduce lethality in police operations. The Court, however, determined extraordinary measures so that the reduction in deaths is effective.
The decisions were taken in the action that became known as “ADPF (Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental) das Favelas”, filed to contain violations in police actions. Here is what was decided (PDF – 196 kB).
Read below what was decided by the Supreme Court in the “ADPF das Favelas”:
- STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO
- prove, within 180 days, the implementation of cameras in civil and military police vehicles and in the uniforms of civil police officers for recording during planned operations;
- create, within 180 days, a mental health assistance program for public security professionals;
- regulate the mandatory presence of ambulances in planned police operations within 180 days;
- avoid police interventions in places close to schools and hospitals;
- ensure that educational and health facilities are only used as operational bases if they are being used for criminal activities;
- prepare, store and make detailed reports available at the end of each police operation;
- ensure that the technical-scientific police document, through photos, expert evidence in investigations of crimes against life;
- share with the Public Ministry data and microdata, with georeferencing, on police operations, incident records, expert reports and other information on criminal investigations.
- POLICE OFFICERS
- preserve traces of the place where death occurred;
- analyze and determine the proportional and necessary use of force in each operation, with the Judiciary being responsible for subsequently evaluating the justification.
- FEDERAL POLICE
- launch an investigation to investigate crimes with national and international impact, in addition to serious human rights violations by criminal organizations in Rio de Janeiro, and may act alongside state forces.
- UNITY
- expand the Federal Police budget to make the task force viable;
- ensure that the territorial reoccupation plan for areas under the control of criminal organizations has an objective schedule and relies on federal, state and municipal resources, including mandatory amendments from Congress;
- logistical and financial support for the equipment and restructuring of the Scientific Police of Rio de Janeiro;
- control weapons and ammunition.
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
- make it possible, together with Sinesp (National Public Security Information System), to include detailed data on deaths caused by police intervention; and
- make resources from the FNSP (National Public Security Fund) available to the State of Rio to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision.
- COAF, FEDERAL REVENUE AND STATE SECRETARIAT OF FINANCE
- prioritize steps related to the PF police investigation.
- PUBLIC OFFICE
- investigate any suspicion of involvement of public security agents in crimes against life;
- publish biannual transparency reports on the exercise of police activity through the National Council; and
- coordinate a working group to monitor compliance and implementation of the Supreme Court’s decision through the National Council.
