Police arrested one of the suspects involved in the theft of works of art from the Mário de Andrade municipal library, in the central region of São Paulo, which occurred on Sunday (7).
The man had been identified by officers after appearing on security camera video carrying parts out of the unit.
A total of 13 works of art were stolen – eight prints by Henri Matisse and five by Candido Portinari – which are part of the municipal collection and were part of the exhibition “From Book to Museum: MAM São Paulo and the Mário de Andrade Library,” which also closed on Sunday.
The case is being investigated by the 1st Cerco (Specialized Center for the Repression of Crimes and Miscellaneous Facts).
IMAGES OF THE FLIGHT
The footage shows the moment the men get out of a parked van and walk along Rua João Adolfo, near the library. They look to the side as if checking the movement around them.
In the video it can be seen that one of them, dressed in a light t-shirt, takes photos that were in the parked van and walks down the street. The other, dressed in dark clothing, gets out of the vehicle with something that looks like a piece of paper in his hand.
The man in the light t-shirt wears the greatest works. The footage shows him placing them on the ground, leaning against a wall and next to a pile of trash. Then he leaves in a hurry. Meanwhile, the other suspect, wearing a dark blouse, passes by and continues to advance.
Once part of the works is left on the ground, the images are interrupted and it is not possible to know whether they were rescued by someone or whether the suspect himself returned to look for them.
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