São Paulo bus attack: Insider tip-off probed by prosecutor | OneFootball

Almost five years after the attack on the São Paulo team bus, the Civil Police are still working to clarify the structure behind the ambush, which took place on January 23, 2021.

According to the portal UOL, last November the Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the police to be sent a spreadsheet with phone records from one of those involved, a measure that could help identify who provided the group with the vehicle’s itinerary that afternoon.

The investigation gained new momentum from content found on Rebert Pereira’s cellphone. In a message sent on the day of the attack, fan Hildon dos Santos stated that he was waiting for contact from a club council member, who was responsible for informing which route the bus would take on its way to Morumbi, where São Paulo would face Coritiba in the 2020 Brazilian Championship.

The route, which was different from the one usually used by the vehicle, is believed to have been leaked to the group, which organized a coordinated action using rocks, fireworks, and homemade devices.

The material seized by the police revealed the use of improvised explosives, such as homemade grenades with nails and billiard balls. An expert report attached to the investigation states that the devices posed a “lethal risk” and could have caused serious injuries to players and club staff.

In light of this, the police sent an official letter to Tricolor, requesting the list of council members who could have had access to the bus route. The response was that none of them had this information, since the routes were defined and monitored by the police themselves.

The phone records of Hildon, covering January 22 and 23, were authorized for release last year. The report gathers all the numbers that called or exchanged SMS messages with him on those two days, but the material had not yet been analyzed. In November, the Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the data to be organized in a spreadsheet to allow for cross-referencing of calls and messages.

The investigations continue in parallel with the judicial proceedings of the case. In September, 14 people involved in the attack were convicted, but the identification of the alleged council member who may have collaborated with the ambush remains pending and is considered a key element in the new stage of the investigation.

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