Two men are shot dead inside Ceasa, in Recife

Two men were shot dead inside the Pernambuco Supply and Logistics Center (Ceasa), on BR-101, in the Curado neighborhood, in the West Zone of Recife. The double homicide took place in the early hours of this Wednesday (11), around 4 am, inside warehouse 47, which is in the tomato sector of the place.

The Civil Police and Ceasa management informed TV Globo that the two dead men worked at the site and were partners and friends. According to witnesses, two criminals parked the car near the warehouse where the targets were, got out of the vehicle and shot at the victims, whose names were not released until the last update of this report.

Trader Pedro Nascimento, who has been going to Ceasa for over 30 years and works with tomato supplies, said he heard the shots in the early hours of the morning.

"I was sleeping in the truck and woke up to the noise, for me it was like fireworks, but it wasn't. People were screaming, one ran this way, another ran here. It was supposed to have more security. It's even bad for Ceasa and it's a sad thing," he said in an interview with TV Globo.

At around 7:30 am, the site had been washed by a water truck, and warehouse 47 was closed. Other establishments in the sector continued to operate normally after the police vehicles left the scene.

"Unfortunately, it was an event that occurred at Ceasa that completely deviates from Ceasa's routine because it is an event that could have happened anywhere. So much so that one of the victims had already suffered an attack outside Ceasa", said the director of Ceasa, Paulo de Tarso.

According to the director, around 70 thousand people go to Ceasa daily. "We are investing in security, both in terms of cameras and police personnel. And it is also worth highlighting that we have effective support here from the 12th Military Police Battalion and also from the Civil Police", he stated.

g1 contacted the Civil and Military police to obtain other information about the case, but did not receive responses until the last update of this report.

In a note, Ceasa informed that "it has been designing and executing a series of structuring actions, with a view to strengthening its support services linked to its internal security network". He also stated that he is looking for images to identify the criminals who committed this double homicide.

Ceasa also listed, in the note, the security measures in place:

24-hour security, provided by 105 armed guards;

internal video surveillance circuit, with 90 cameras;

presence of a Fire Department team operating 24 hours a day;

operational base for the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu), which operates 24 hours a day;

The 12th Battalion of the Military Police, through the 12th Battalion, has vehicles and operational personnel on site.