The organized fans Mancha Alviverde, through its president, André Guerra Ribeiro, signed a TAC (Conduct Adjustment Term) with the MP-SP (Public Ministry of São Paulo) at the beginning of this month in which it assumes responsibility for the attack on Cruzeiro fans last year.
An ambush carried out by Palmeiras fans against Cruzeiro fans on the Fernão Dias highway, in the Mairiporã region, in October 2024, left one dead and 20 injured. The attack involved 120 people, according to the PRF (Federal Highway Police).
The case, which occurred towards Belo Horizonte, was a response to a confrontation between them, in September 2022, on the same highway, but on Minas Gerais soil.
According to the TAC, Mancha recognized that the “facts were planned, organized and executed by members of the association”.
In attack, Cruzeiro fans were returning from a game against Athletico Paranaense, in Curitiba. Palmeiras had played against Fortaleza, in the capital of São Paulo.
Also in accordance with the agreement, the fans committed to compensating the victims of the attack, for material and moral damages, in the amount of R$2 million. Of the total, half will go to the family of the deceased Cruzeiro fan, José Victor Miranda.
The company that owns the attacked buses will receive R$200,000 to repair the damage caused, with another R$250,000 going to the Mairiporã Municipal Public Security Fund. The fund balance will be distributed to victims who suffered bodily injuries.
Mancha also committed to no longer getting involved in “violent episodes of a similar nature, notably in planned, organized situations or on the initiative of its members or leaders.”
“And, to this end, it also undertakes to severely restrain and punish any member/associate who is involved in this type of illicit activity involving fans of football teams, establishing the immediate preventive suspension of any member who is indicted by the Civil Police or denounced by the Public Prosecutor’s Office as the perpetrator or who participates in an ambush, organized riot or more serious crime”, says the TAC.
According to the agreed term, the MP also agrees with the return of fans to the stadiums – Mancha was banned from watching matches by the FPF (Federação Paulista de Futebol) days after the attack on Cruzeiro fans, following the recommendation of the Public Ministry itself.
