The Public Ministry of Acre (MP-AC) twice asked the Court for the arrest of Francisco Valadares Neto, ex-boyfriend of doctor Elyne de Assis Nogueira, aged 39, for failing to comply with a protective measure. He is named by the Civil Police as the main suspect of ordering the death of the doctor, shot dead inside a bar in Brasiléia, in the interior of the state, this Monday (2).
The information was confirmed to g1 by the agency's press office. The report contacted the Acre Court of Justice (TJ-AC) and, until the last update of this report, had not received a response.
Hours before the crime, Elyne even activated the panic button, a protective device used by women victims of domestic violence. According to witnesses who were with her at the establishment, the doctor reported that her ex had passed by the bar several times and called the monitoring center to report the situation.
Despite the alert, no Military Police team was sent to the establishment. According to the witnesses' report to the PM, those responsible for monitoring contacted Elyne by telephone, but did not appear at the scene. On that occasion, military police officers passed by the bar twice, but were not called.
The situation is related to the functioning of the device used by the doctor. As Francisco was monitored by an electronic ankle monitor, the panic button was linked to the monitoring system of the Institute of Penitentiary Administration of Acre (Iapen-AC), and not directly to the Military Police Operations Center (Copom), responsible for responding to incidents via 190.
"Unlike the Safe Woman, the Panic Button works in an integrated manner with the electronic ankle bracelet used by the aggressor. The system does not depend on an action by the victim to issue an approach alert. The mechanism is configured with a security perimeter that determines the minimum distance that the aggressor must maintain from the victim. When this limit is exceeded, the system automatically issues an alert, sent both to the Criminal Police and to the protected woman's cell phone", said the PM-AC in a note.
In an interview with Rede Amazônica Acre this Tuesday (3), Lieutenant Colonel Cristiane Soares, representative of the Maria da Penha Patrol, explained that there are different protection mechanisms for women with protective measures in Acre. How it works depends, among other factors, on whether or not the attacker is using an electronic ankle bracelet.
"When this author fails to comply with that minimum distance that is in the protective measure, it will trigger both on her cell phone and on the Iapen monitoring video, that he is failing to comply with this distance", he explained.
How does the panic button work?
According to the lieutenant colonel, the panic button is linked to Iapen monitoring when the attacker uses an electronic ankle bracelet by court order. In this model, the system identifies the inappropriate approach and issues an alert to the center responsible for monitoring.
When the aggressor does not use an ankle bracelet, the woman can count on the Safe Woman app. In this case, upon noticing the man approaching, she presses the button and the alert is forwarded directly to Copom, via number 190.
The system uses georeferencing to identify the victim's location and direct the nearest Military Police vehicle. According to Cristiane, the incident receives priority treatment. "She doesn't need to say anything, she just needs to press this button and a Military Police vehicle will arrive", he stated.
The third protection instrument is the Maria da Penha Patrol, which accompanies women with protective measures, carries out visits and identifies other needs of victims, including referrals for psychological care and social assistance.
Rates are still high
The representative of Patrol Maria da Penha also highlighted that the number of women with protective measures is high and that the available staff is still insufficient to accompany all the victims.
According to her, in 2026, approximately 1,200 protective measures were received by the patrol in the state. Of this total, almost 900 had already received follow-up, with visits to women and referrals when necessary.
Cristiane further explained that non-compliance with a protective measure must be reported to the police station, the Public Prosecutor's Office or directly to the Judiciary.
"Everything that happens during this monitoring is forwarded to the judiciary, which is the body that we forward all this demand to, because the protective measure is really an order from the judiciary, so it is the judiciary who will make the decisions regarding the relaxation of any more serious measures or taking those measures that are also more serious", he stressed.
The crime
Elyne was murdered with two shots while sitting with friends at the Renato Gastro Bar, in Brasiléia. Security camera footage shows a man wearing a helmet and armed approaching the table where she was and firing shots.
The Civil Police are investigating the suspicion that Francisco hired another person to carry out the crime, as the man who appears in the images shooting at the doctor would have different physical characteristics from those of his ex-partner.
This Tuesday morning (3), Francisco was taken to the Alto Acre Regional Hospital after being found unconscious at home. He remains intubated in serious condition and is awaiting stabilization of his clinical condition before being transferred to Rio Branco.
