After 07 months of gathering information from the Intelligence of the Battalion and the PMPI, and after 05 days of infiltration in the forest, in the early hours of this Friday, September 5th, around 23:00 hours, after resisting the legal order of arrest of a PMPI Patrol, to carry out two arrest warrants, two people died.
The first identified as Antônio Aroldo Pereira Araújo, known as the forest, who has an extensive list of crimes such as assaults, robberies, drug trafficking and homicides committed in the municipalities of União, Miguel Alves, Lagoa Alegre, Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Porto and Barras , as well as in the cities of Maranhão Duque Barcelar and Coelho Neto.
The second person, later identified as his partner and right-hand man in the crime, known as Bárbara, after an intense exchange of gunfire in a closed forest on the way up a hill in Pedreira Buritirana, a rural area in the municipality of Miguel Alves.
SEIZURE:
The criminals were apprehended:
• 01PT’s cal. .40 SAX90635 / 02 magazine / 18 ammunition;
• 01 PT cal. 9mm record suppressed / 13 ammunition / 02 loaders; each weapon is loaded;
• 160 cannabis sacolé;
• 169 crack sacolé;
• 01 wrapper 0.58 g marijuana;
• 01 339.7g marijuana wrapper;
• 01 0.69g marijuana wrapper;
• Precision balance;
• 01 Motorcycle stolen Chassis NIE-0274;
• Cash around R $ 5,800.75.
Aroldo and his companion were killed in exchange for shots that started at 11 pm and lasted until dawn
Major Cleber Bezerra of BPRone, commander of the operation that culminated in the death of Aroldo and his companion, reported that the confrontation took place in Buritiana, a rural area in the municipality of Miguel Alves. "The garrison set up a siege at the top of the mountain, where the suspect was and during the approach he reacted and started the exchange of fire," he said.
“He resisted the arrest warrant in carrying out the warrant and there was an intense exchange of fire. It started around 11 pm and extended into the morning on top of a mountain range, in a closed forest and, unfortunately, this fact happened. It was not what we wanted. He was caught with two pistols, one of them made in Turkey, 9 mm, and one pistol point 40, from the Military Police ”, explained the major.
Updated at 14:40
PM intelligence director only confirms the death of Aroldo and his companion.
The intelligence director of the Piauí Military Police, Colonel Galvão, confirmed to longah.com only two deaths: that of Aroldo Pereira and that of his companion. According to the Colonel, Aroldo was with a group of about 5 people, but that only these two were shot. "I am waiting for more information from there, because the team has not returned yet!", He said.
According to him, the PM's intelligence team was already monitoring Aroldo and his gang. There were already several arrest warrants against him. “Three years ago we tried to arrest him, we monitored their actions, but the difficulty in arresting him is because he was very knowledgeable about the region and had people who helped him escape,” he reported.
Colonel Galvão explained that Aroldo had two pistols and three loads at the time of his death. His partner ended up being hit while trying to escape him. “She was one of the people who had this role, to help him escape. It was hit when trying to do that, ”he explained.
Asked about the death of another person identified only as Erick, whose body was still on the margins of PI 112 this Saturday morning, as shown in the images, the Colonel said he could not yet take a position if he was part of the gang and how the action took place. which culminated in Erick's death. "What I was told is that this boy died as a result of a traffic accident," he added.
