5 April: TheMinister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva, signs an act, prohibiting the functioning of the leftist political movement, known asFrente Ampla.[3]
16 December: MobsterCastor de Andrade is arrested, after Secretary of Public Security ofGuanabara, General Luís de França Oliveira, starts one of the biggest attacks against crime.[18]