After shooting with the police, Lázaro Barbosa, one of the most formidable murderers in Brazilian history, has died

The persecution against Lázaro Barbosa lasted for more than 20 days, a 32-year-old man accused brutally murdering an entire family in Brazil who had been fleeing authorities for years, being responsible for a series of crimes spanning nearly two decades.

Barbosa, who had a previous history of murders and whom the Brazilian authorities describe as “unpredictable psychopath ”, died in the operation which sought to find his capture and during which a force of 270 agents, drones equipped with infrared, tracking dogs and helicopters were deployed.

In the middle of the operation there was an exchange of gunfire which seriously injured the murderer, died in hospital where he was transferred after being arrested.

According to the press conference given by the security secretary of Goiás (State of Brazil), Rodney Miranda, Barbosa had “a support networkWhich helped him escape. It was also said that during the 20 days in which he managed to escape the authorities, the killer took hostages to facilitate his escape.

The relentless search against Barbosa has been sparked on June 9, when the man entered a farm in the Federal District of Ceilândia sector and stabbed and shot a married couple with their two children, aged 15 and 21.

At that time, the “DF serial killer” as the press nicknamed him, he was already suspected of having killed a man on another farm in Goiás.

During the days of persecution, Barbosa has invaded at least 11 farms, taken hostages, robbed homes and repeatedly confronted police, still managing to flee from the authorities.

In one of these clashes, Barbosa took a married couple and their teenage daughter hostage and took them to a riverbank where he was allegedly preparing to murder them. But thanks to the young woman, who managed to send a message to the Police, the family was saved. However, the dangerous man managed to escape by fleeing across rivers, to an area he knew very well.

At only 19 years old, Barbosa began to accumulate a criminal record. In 2007, he was arrested for having committed a double homicide in Bahia: his victims were two men who had tried to help a woman he was pursuing with the intention of killing her.

At that point, Barbosa managed to escape the police for nine days, before surrendering due to an injury that put him in danger of death. He spent 10 days in prison because he escaped after his arrest.

In 2009, he was arrested for rape, theft and illegal possession of weapons. He was imprisoned for five years, but he got the semi-open regime and two years later he escaped again.

In 2018, he was arrested for the third time for two homicides and one rape, but he ran away again.

Barbosa reappeared last April, when he entered a farm and hit an old man with an ax. Days later He invaded a house, locked the owner with his son in the bedroom, waited for his wife to arrive, overpowered her and raped her in a nearby bush.

The hunt for Barbosa took hold of Brazil and created a climate of fear in the region, with some residents telling local media that they were afraid to fall asleep or leave their homes if they could meet the dangerous killer.

Videos of the capture of Barbosa began to circulate on social networks in which we see the officers celebrate with his arms in the air for shooting him down.

Goiás State Governor Ronaldo Caiado praised police for apprehending Barbosa. “Congratulations to our security forces. They give our people reason to be proud! Goiás is not a Disneyland for bandits ”, he said on his Twitter account.

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