Federal Police stated that Vorcaro’s employee tried to kill himself, but did not detail what happened
Two days after Luiz’s Phillipi Machado de Moraes Mourão, Daniel Vorcaro’s employee and key witness in the Banco Master case, it is not clear what happened on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) nor what is the health status of the man who is known as the banker’s Sicário.
The Federal Police at 4:55 pm on Wednesday (Mar 4) that Sicário ““. He had been there hours before and was in the custody of the corporation at the Regional Superintendence of the Federal Police in Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte. He stated that he was taken to the hospital and that Minister André Mendonça, rapporteur of the case at the STF (Supreme Federal Court), was notified. The PF does not explain what happened or under what circumstances Vorcaro’s ally was found.
After reports that Luiz Phillipi Mourão had been brain dead, the PF said that “does not confirm the news published in the press that attests to the death of the person in custody. Information about the prisoner’s health status will be provided after an update from the medical team.”
In a statement, Sicário’s defense informed that his health condition is serious and denied that there was brain death. “The clinical condition is not indicative of the opening of the protocol. This opening of the protocol depends on the clinical manifestation, on the evolution for the worse, that moment has not yet been reached. I hope it will not come, but according to the medical literature, doctors are not yet in a position to open this protocol, to start this brain death protocol”declared lawyer Robson Lucas da Silva.
He also stated that there was a “mismatch” of information.
When contacted, the Minas Gerais State Department of Health responded that it will not release information.
“The Hospital Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais (Fhemig), in line with the State Department of Health (SES-MG), informs that, in accordance with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), it cannot make available any individualized data regarding patient privacy”informed the organization in a note sent to the Poder360.
WHO IS THE SICÁRIO
Luiz Phillipi Mourão was part of the “intimidation nucleus” from Vorcaro’s adversaries and opponents, according to the Federal Police. In the decision that authorized the operation this Wednesday (March 4), Minister André Mendonça, rapporteur of the case at the Supreme Court, cites two conversations between him and the banker that could be interpreted as intimidation:
- threat against journalist – Vorcaro, who works at the newspaper O Globo, and states that “we had to have people following this guy to get everything from him”. Sicário responds: “I’m going to do this”. Afterwards, the banker declares that he wants to “give a break” in the professional;
- threat against employee – in , Vorcaro says he was threatened by a maid and claims that “you have to grind this slut”. Sicário asks what to do. The banker then says: “Address everything”.
Here is what Mendonça says about Luiz Phillipi:
- had a direct relationship with Vorcaro;
- received R$ 1 million per month for your “illegal services” –the amount was paid through Fabiano Zettel, also arrested in the operation this Wednesday (4th March);
- was responsible for obtaining confidential information, monitoring people and “neutralization of situations considered sensitive to the interests of the investigated group”;
- there is evidence that it is restricted to systems of public bodies;
- He was the one who coordinated the group known as “A Turma”, responsible for intimidating people.
Read the of the Mendonça decision (PDF – 384 kB).
The nickname sicario comes from Latin assassin –sica is a small dagger or dagger. According to , the Roman general Lúcio Cornéio Sulla (138-78 BC) used the term when enacting a law to punish mainly hired killers –a Cornelia’s law of assassins and witchcraft.
Currently, the term is associated with a hired killer. In the case of Mexico, for example, it is often used as a reference to assassins hired by the country’s drug cartels. It also gained popularity with the film ““, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Benicio Del Toro.
