Experts see no signs of execution in Cabula.

Bahia 247 - The Department of Technical Police (DPT) conducted a reconstruction of the operation by Rondesp (Special Patrol Battalion of the Military Police) that left 12 dead and six wounded in Vila Moisés, Cabula, on February 6th, and concluded that there was no execution, but that there are indications that the deaths were the result of a confrontation between police officers and the suspects. The final result of the reconstruction work.

The conclusion contradicts an independent investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Bahia (MP-BA), which states that there was a "summary execution," leading to the indictment of nine military police officers for the crimes of triple-qualified homicide and attempted homicide.

The Public Prosecutor's complaint to the Court was based on the DPT reports, information from the Department of Homicides and Protection of Persons (DHPP), the PM's Internal Affairs Department and the testimony of defendants and witnesses. The reconstruction was carried out by the DPT from 19 pm on Wednesday (27).

"We haven't seen any indication [of an execution] so far. Both the survivors and the police officers report a confrontation," said forensic expert Isaac Queirós, who led the investigation with expert José Carlos Montenegro, in an interview with Correio.

Queirós dismisses the idea that the survivors' accounts were influenced by the presence of the accused. "No, because the testimonies were given separately and coincide with the objective evidence, which includes reports such as the ballistics report and the analysis of the scene."

The expert also commented on the Public Prosecutor's conclusions. "The reports suggest many interpretations, because you don't know the exact position of the body at the time of the shots." According to Queirós, only a reconstruction can determine the position of each person during the incident.

"It's an interpretation of the expert report and the circumstances," the expert pointed out, citing examples such as the absence, in the report, of shots fired at close range, known as "smoking zones," or of tattooing zones, where gunpowder burns the skin.

Reconstitution

The simulation of the operation had 20 scenes, including the entry of the three squads onto Rua Fernando Pedreira, the access road to Vila Moisés, and the moment of the shooting. Approximately 150 people participated in the reenactment. According to police chief José Alves Bezerra, director of the DHPP (Department of Homicide and Protection of Persons), all the police officers involved were present at the scene. Some officers wore balaclavas.

According to the experts, there were contradictions that "do not compromise the evidence, such as memory lapses, for example, the information from one of the witnesses that the event occurred at 21 pm, when the situation was recorded in the early hours of the following day, around 1 am."

According to the lawyer for four of the survivors, Kleber Andrade, his clients were fearful during the reconstruction. Andrade denies that they are criminals. "One was coming from his girlfriend's house, another was going to buy marijuana, and the other was just passing through because he lived in the area," he stated, adding that the victims ran when they saw other people running.

NGOs monitoring the case also questioned the simulation. The general coordinator of the NGO Justiça Global, Sandra Carvalho, also did not consider the result impartial. "We believe that the investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office should prevail, as it is an impartial institution, unlike the police. It is regrettable that the police do not have more rigor in their investigations."

Amnesty International reported that it "collected accounts from residents that reveal strong evidence of extrajudicial killings."