A suspect in a plot to kill Moro and a prosecutor served time in a federal prison alongside Marcola, the leader of the PCC criminal organization.

247 - Patric Velinton Salomão, known as "Forjado," considered a key figure in the elaboration of the PCC criminal faction's plan to kidnap and assassinate authorities and public servants, including the suspected former judge and senator Sergio Moro (União Brasil-PR) and prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya, from the Public Prosecutor's Office of São Paulo (MPSP), served time in the Federal Penitentiary of Brasília along with the gang's main leader, Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, "Marcola."

According to the column In the CrosshairsAccording to Metrópoles, Patric was one of the targets of Operation Sequaz, launched by the Federal Police on Wednesday (22)He was not found by federal agents and is considered a fugitive. Nine other people were arrested. 

“According to the São Paulo State Public Prosecutor's Office, Forjado is part of the PCC's leadership and is integrated into the faction's 'fine-tuning,' subordinate only to the top leaders. He left the federal penitentiary through the front door in February 2022 after serving his sentence. Sentenced for drug trafficking, drug association, illegal possession of weapons, gang formation, robbery, and homicide, the criminal managed to reduce his 15-year sentence after reading books and taking courses in prison. Marcola, however, remains detained in the nation's capital,” the report emphasizes.

This year, Patric was acquitted of charges of association with a criminal organization and money laundering.