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The criminal attacks that hit Ceará continue for the sixth consecutive night. From dawn Monday (7) to Tuesday (8), buses were set on fire in three cities in the state.
In the capital, two buses are set on fire in the Great Messejana. The first case occurred around 9 pm, in front of a condominium, in Bairro Pedras. The second case occurred at 22:00, at Rua Joaquim Machado, in Itamar Park. No information on the wounded.
In Maranguape, in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, a micro-bus linking Pau Serrado / Tabatinga was burned Monday night (7) on the CE-065 highway. Because of the fire, traffic in the square has become quite complicated. According to the military police, the suspects fled.
Already in Aracati, a bus was also set on fire near the municipality's bus station, located on Coronel Alexandrino Street, on the night of Monday (7). The fire is declared around 11 pm. According to the fire department, they would have been fired by people who noticed the fire of the vehicle. The bus was destroyed.
Following the attacks on buses in the capital, urban transport companies were asked to pick up all the vehicles at dawn on Tuesday (8). The Sindíônibus had informed Monday night that the bus fleet of Fortaleza will circulate with 100% of the vehicles since the early hours of the morning of Tuesday (8).
In the past six days, 153 state-wide criminal offenses have been committed. The National Force was called to strengthen security and began to act on the streets Saturday night (5). On Monday, part of the trade closed the doors due to criminal threats and the state government of Ceará announced the arrival of another 200 federal troops in that state. In this second, some stores were closed in the great fortress after the threat of criminals.
In response to the crimes, the Ceará government announced that it had transferred one of the leaders of a criminal faction into a federal prison. Nineteen prisoners should also be taken to other prisons in the next few days.
Shop of resale of motorcycles was attacked at dawn on Monday, in the district Couto Fernandes, in Fortaleza – Photo: José Cruz [19659011] According to Ceará Secretary of Public Security, Costa Costa, the appointment of the new secretary to the State Prison Administration, Luis Mauro Albuquerque, has provoked the wave of attacks. According to Costa, "crime already knew the work" of the new director of pulp who manages the prisons of Ceará.
The series of criminal acts occurred after the speech of Mauro Albuquerque, who had promised to more tightly control the entry of cell phones into prisons. Since the beginning of the crime wave, prison officials have seized 407 devices in prisons.
According to a source from the Security Intelligence Service heard by G1 members of two rival factions entered into a "pact of union", with the aim of "concentrating the forces against the State. " Criminals have written in graffiti on public buildings in Fortaleza that "they will not stop until the secretary is gone." "Outside Mauro Albuquerque," the message says.
Population without bus or closed commerce
Great For public transport buses are one of the targets of these attacks. taleza; 20 vehicles were destroyed with flammable materials. To reduce the damage, the union removed the buses from the streets.
"The buses do not have a shelf, you have to order them, so you have a whole series of losses in the absence of these buses in order to maintain our operational performance in the street" said Dimas Barreira, president of the Union of Bus Companies.
Without public transportation, sales fell sharply. In high season, bars and restaurants closed earlier in Fortaleza. "We have always tried to stretch a little more, but the customers have even left with the fear of what is happening there," says Flavio Renan Barros, a restaurateur.
"We even thought that we would not leave today for the event that had been scheduled for some time. The feeling lacks security," said tourist Mônica Lima.
On Saturday nights, the busiest streets in Fortaleza were not crowded with vehicles and people. Fearing further attacks and not being able to use the buses, the majority of the population preferred to stay at home.
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