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Politics● Elevated54m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 6:59 PM

Councilors of Sobral and lawyer are denounced for alleged involvement with faction during elections

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Three councilors are arrested in an operation investigating faction activity in the Sobral elections. The Public Prosecutor's Office of Ceará (MPCE) denounced on Thursday (12) the three councilors of Sobral arrested in August on suspicion of paying a "toll" to a criminal faction that charged to allow candidates to run.

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