Police arrest 3 suspects of participating in PCC plan to kill prosecutor The São Paulo police arrested, in Campinas, three suspects of participating in a PCC plan to kill a prosecutor. One of those arrested is police investigator Maurício Aparecido de Oliveira. He appears in a video recorded in 2025, in conversation with businessman José Ricardo Ramos, wearing a black t-shirt. José Ricardo is suspected of planning the murder of prosecutor Amauri Silveira Filho, from Gaeco, Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime. A week after this meeting, the police arrested the businessman and thwarted the attack. 📱Bookmark g1 on Google and follow the main news of the day Prosecutors are investigating whether the civil police officer participated in the plan to execute the prosecutor or whether he was involved in extortion schemes. The MP states that those being investigated used information from the police and the Public Ministry to demand money from criminals in exchange for protection. "The investigation continues, it will go deeper. Specifically regarding this clandestine meeting between the boss, then the head of the Dise investigators, and the criminal businessman, the content, the context of the conversation, the reason for the meeting should, and so we hope, be clarified by them", says Marcos Tadeu Rioli, public prosecutor at Gaeco - SP. Police arrest 3 suspects of participating in PCC plan to kill prosecutor National Newspaper/ Reproduction The police also arrested a law graduate who was previously an intern at the Public Ministry. Gabriel Lira de Jesus used data from ongoing processes to hunt down criminals, including members of the PCC. In one case, he charged R$500,000. A former civil police officer, suspected of passing on information and helping to identify extortion targets, was also arrested. Maurício de Oliveira and Gabriel Jesus' lawyers stated that they will clarify the facts for the authorities. Jornal Nacional was unable to contact José Ricardo Ramos' defense. GloboPop: click to see videos from the Jornal Nacional stage READ ALSO Operation arrests former SP MP intern, head of investigators and former civil police officer suspected of being PCC infiltrators From investigator to former MP intern: who are those arrested on suspicion of links to the PCC