Vigário Geral massacre

Out of the 51 accused, only one was still in prison: the ex military policeman Sirlei Alves Teixeira that was found dead by neighbors on March 9, 2021, fallen on the steps that gave access to his house.

The event was a trap set for the Sargent by drug dealers that wanted to get rid of Ailton and the informant Ivan Custódio, both partners of fishing boats in Sepetiba-RJ.

[6] The theme that has continued to dominate Brazilian society from the early twentieth century up until the present, is the accepting attitude held by middle-upper class citizens and policemen towards the use of violence.

[8] This data contrasts greatly with that of the United States, which, according to the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division crime report of 2013, had a much lower rate of only 4.5 murders for every 100,000 people.

[5] In 1998, Chicago Tribune Foreign Correspondent Laurie Goering made several interesting points in her article, showing that there was more to Brazil's murder culture than just its comparatively (to the U.S. and elsewhere) lenient laws.

Due to the fact that Brazil's court systems were slow, inconsistent, saw only 8 percent of all cases, and brought "showy sentences" with small jail time, Goering explained that "most people favor street justice by police, including executions of criminals caught in the act.