Romeu Zema: In 2021, in the city of Varginha, organized crime, the new cangaço, rented a farm.
Romeu Zema: Twenty-eight criminals installed at the farm to carry out those actions with human shields in small towns, where they make a barricade in front of the police station, in front of the barracks, setting fire to trucks to blow up banks, bank branches, ATMs.
We detected this action there, together with the Federal Police,
Romeu Zema: to verify whether that was really happening.
Romeu Zema: We were met with gunfire and the result of that operation was 28 criminals dead.