Suspected Red Command member arrested at Rio's Galeão Airport
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Gabriel Maurício Soares Paes, known as Ximba, was arrested on the night of Friday, 2025, at Rio de Janeiro's Galeão International Airport after returning from a trip to Europe, where police investigated him for suspected membership in the Red Command and for moving drug‑trafficking money.
Investigators said Ximba was captured while disembarking next to his girlfriend and that conversations with a suspected associate, Nikolas Fernandes Soares, indicated a routine of bank transfers, withdrawals and use of third‑party accounts and shell companies, with movements totaling R$ 268,150.01 between legal entities and a discussion of a R$ 2 million transaction attributed to Ximba.