Carandiru massacre commander is killed

Former Military Police commander Ubiratan Guimaraes, accused of being the main commander behind the Carandiru massacre in 1992, was killed over the weekend in Sao Paulo. He was shot just outside his apartment in Sao Paulo, and police are still investigating to find out the reasons for the crime.

In 1992, 111 prisoners died during the Carandiru massacre, after police entered the penitentiary to control a rebellion. After leaving the police, Guimaraes was elected to the Sao Paulo State congress. He had been receiving death threats ever since the massacre, and was considered one of the main targets of the PCC, the criminal faction that controls most of the State prisons and was behind a series of attacks against the police in Sao Paulo earlier this year. in 2001, Guimaraes was sentenced to 632 years in prison for his role in the police killings, but was able to wait for a second hearing without having to serve any time. In February of this year, the first trial was nullified, and Guimaraes was considered innocent.