The Secretary of Administration of Praia Grande and former Police General in the State of São Paulo, Ruy Ferraz Fontes, was killed around 6 pm today, in a neighborhood near the City Hall and the municipality’s Forum, on the south coast of São Paulo.
There is no official information about the motivation of the crime. Sources was responsible for the arrest of CCP leaders in the 2,000 years, when he worked on the repression of bank robbery, and as a general delegate, a role he performed until 2022.
Safety cameras images showed their car at high speed until overthrown between two buses while trying to enter an avenue.
The car that chased him arrives shortly after, hits one of the buses and jump three men with rifles. Two move to Ruy’s car and shoot. On the escape, they returned on the same avenue used in the persecution.
According to the Public Security Bureau what happened was an attack and the vehicle used by the criminals has already been found.
“The case is being registered with the Civil Police. Teams are on the field, conducting steps and using intelligence tools to identify, arrest and hold those involved,” the Public Security Bureau said in a statement.
Although the Secretariat does not confirm, there is movement in the Rota car region, the corporation’s elite troop, mobilized during the shield and summer operations. These operations have been performed by the São Paulo government since 2023, and are marked by disproportionate occurrence of clashes and high mortality rates by police action.
According to the city of Praia Grande two other men were injured in the occurrence. They were attended by the teams of SAMU of Praia Grande and sent to UPA Quienitude. At the moment, the two are not at risk of death and were transferred to the Sister Dulce Municipal Hospital.
In a statement, the prosecutor confirmed that it will act in the investigation of the case. “The Attorney General, Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira and Costa, in conversation with the Secretary of State for Security, Guilherme Derrite, reported that the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco) will support the investigation of the Civil Police in the case of execution of former general delegate Ruy Ferraz Fontes, which took place on Monday, in Praia Grande,” said the agency.
Historic
Sources was delegated for more than 40 years, having gone through the Homicide Division of the State Department of Homicide and Protection of Persons (DHPP), as well as being a police chief of the 1st Police Police Station of Narcotics Investigation of the State Department of Narcotrafficking (Denarc), police chief of the 5th Police Station of the State Department of the State Department Criminal Investigations (Deic) and commanded other police stations and divisions in the capital.
He was also director of the Capital Judicial Police Department (Decap) and was at the head of the São Paulo State Police Station, after what he retired.
He took over the Praia Grande Secretariat of Administration in January 2023, remaining in the management that began in 2025.
