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Portland Community College faculty and classified staff launched a historic strike—the first in the system—after nearly a year of stalled wage talks, with hundreds rallying across four campuses and PCC planning remote operation; unions demand inflation-matching raises as the college cites budget pressures and a projected $37 million shortfall, and negotiations aim to resume next week.
Antônio Vinicius Gritzbach, a Brazilian businessman and former member of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) gang, was shot dead at São Paulo's Guarulhos Airport. Gritzbach, who had been cooperating with prosecutors in a plea deal to expose the gang's operations, was killed by two gunmen after receiving death threats. He was a key figure in the gang's money laundering activities and had promised to help authorities locate other members. The PCC is a notorious criminal organization involved in international drug trafficking.
A Brazilian businessman, Antônio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach, was killed in a suspected gangland assassination at São Paulo's international airport. The attack, which also injured three others, involved a gunman firing from a car. Lopes Gritzbach, linked to cryptocurrency and accused of money laundering, had received threats from the First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil's most powerful crime syndicate. The PCC, known for its extensive criminal activities across South America, is suspected to be behind the attack.
Brazilian federal police have disrupted a criminal gang's plot to kidnap and assassinate government officials in at least five states. The planned attacks were part of a coordinated campaign, intended to occur simultaneously. The police have arrested 11 individuals and served 24 search-and-seizure warrants. Among the targeted officials were a senator and a prosecutor, as well as Sergio Moro, a former federal judge who presided over corruption trials, including the "Operation Car Wash" scandal. Moro indicated on Twitter that the First Capital Command (PCC) was involved in the plot.