She wanted him dead, not just frightened.
Em Manaus, uma rivalidade comercial entre vizinhos culminou no assassinato de um professor universitário de 62 anos, transformando uma disputa banal por clientes em tragédia irreversível. No dia 6 de fevereiro de 2026, Davi Said Aidar foi executado dentro do próprio bar por homens recrutados com dívidas como moeda de troca, em um esquema encomendado, segundo a polícia, pela dona de um estabelecimento concorrente. O caso revela como o ressentimento cotidiano, quando encontra disposição para a violência, pode construir uma arquitetura de destruição com peças comuns da vida ordinária.
- Um professor foi morto com sete tiros dentro do seu próprio bar, vítima de uma execução planejada por semanas a partir de uma disputa de vizinhança sobre clientela.
- A suspeita de ter encomendado o crime usou laços familiares e dívidas alheias como ferramentas para montar um esquema de assassinato por valores irrisórios — um gatilho puxado por 150 reais.
- A polícia identificou e prendeu quatro envolvidos em menos de um mês, desarticulando a rede de execução, mas a principal mandante permanece foragida.
- Os quatro presos respondem por homicídio qualificado e associação criminosa, enquanto a investigação segue aberta e a busca pela mandante continua sem resultado.
Na noite de 6 de fevereiro de 2026, três homens chegaram de moto a um bar na estrada da Água Branca, em Manaus. Dois desceram. Um deles disparou catorze vezes. Sete balas atingiram Davi Said Aidar, professor de 62 anos da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, que morreu no local.
A morte não foi acidental. Segundo a Delegacia Especializada em Homicídios e Sequestros, o crime foi encomendado por Juliana da Rocha Pacheco, dona de um bar vizinho. O motivo era a concorrência: desde que Aidar abriu seu próprio estabelecimento na mesma área, a receita dela havia caído. A tensão entre os dois escalou de discussões para ameaças, até que Juliana procurou seu sobrinho, Lucas Santos de Freitas, e deixou claro que queria o professor morto.
Lucas, que atuava como agiota, organizou a execução usando as dívidas de conhecidos como moeda de coerção. Antônio Carlos Pinheiro Meireles, que lhe devia cerca de 150 reais, foi recrutado para atirar. Rafael Fernando de Paula Bahia, com uma dívida de aproximadamente 10 mil reais por danos a um carro emprestado, pilotou a moto por uma redução parcial do que devia. Emerson Sevalho de Souza prestou apoio logístico em troca de 100 reais — dos quais recebeu apenas 50. Três dias antes do crime, Lucas e Antônio Carlos foram ao local observar a rotina da vítima. No dia do assassinato, Juliana entregou ao sobrinho uma sacola com a arma enrolada em uma camisa.
As prisões vieram em sequência: Lucas foi detido em 25 de fevereiro; Antônio Carlos e Rafael Fernando, em 3 de março; Emerson, no dia seguinte. Todos respondem por homicídio qualificado e associação criminosa. Antônio Carlos já havia cumprido cerca de dezesseis anos por um homicídio anterior. Juliana, porém, segue foragida. A Operação Universitates foi apresentada à imprensa em 5 de março, mas a mulher que teria dado início a tudo ainda não foi encontrada.
A commercial dispute between neighbors in Manaus has ended in murder. On the evening of February 6, 2026, three men arrived at a bar on the Água Branca road on a motorcycle. Two got off. One of them, identified by police as Antônio Carlos Pinheiro Meireles, fired fourteen times. Seven bullets found their target. Davi Said Aidar, a 62-year-old professor at the Federal University of Amazonas, died where he stood.
The killing was not random. According to investigators at the Specialized Homicide and Kidnapping Division, it was ordered by Juliana da Rocha Pacheco, who owned a bar nearby. Her motive was straightforward and bitter: Aidar had opened a similar business in the same area, and her revenue had begun to fall. The tension between them had escalated from arguments to threats. At some point, Juliana approached her nephew, Lucas Santos de Freitas, and told him what she wanted done. When Lucas asked if she meant just to scare the professor, she was clear. She wanted him dead.
Lucas, who worked as a moneylender, became the architect of the murder. He organized the execution and recruited the men who would carry it out—using their debts to him as leverage. Antônio Carlos owed him roughly 150 reais and was called to pull the trigger. Rafael Fernando de Paula Bahia, who would drive the motorcycle, had a much larger debt: about 10,000 reais stemming from damage to a borrowed car. Police say he agreed to participate for 1,000 reais, a partial reduction of what he owed. Emerson Sevalho de Souza, who provided logistical support, owed 200 reais and was promised 100 for his help, though he received only 50.
Three days before the killing, Lucas and Antônio Carlos visited the Água Branca road to watch Aidar's routine and plan the attack. On the day itself, Juliana handed Lucas a bag containing the gun, wrapped in a shirt. The execution followed the plan. The motorcycle arrived. The shots rang out. Aidar fell.
Police arrested Lucas on February 25 in the Monte das Oliveiras neighborhood. Antônio Carlos was taken into custody on March 3 in Novo Aleixo. Rafael Fernando was arrested the same day in Colônia Terra Nova. Emerson was picked up on March 4, also in Colônia Terra Nova. All four face charges of qualified homicide and criminal association. Antônio Carlos carries the weight of a prior conviction for homicide, for which he served approximately sixteen years. The others have no significant criminal history.
Juliana da Rocha Pacheco remains at large. Police announced the arrests and the results of Operation Universitates during a press conference on Thursday, March 5, but the woman who allegedly set the killing in motion has not been found. She is the subject of an ongoing manhunt. The four men in custody await trial, their fates now in the hands of the justice system, while investigators continue searching for the neighbor whose bar dispute became a murder plot.
Notable Quotes
She wanted the death of the victim, not just to scare him— Delegado Ricardo Cunha, describing what Juliana told her nephew Lucas
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why would someone order a killing over a bar losing customers? That seems extreme.
It does. But the investigation suggests this wasn't a sudden rage. There were arguments first, then threats. The neighbor watched her business decline as the professor's bar drew away her customers. That kind of slow erosion can fester.
And the nephew—Lucas—he was the one who actually organized it?
Yes. He became the middleman. He had loaned money to these men, and he used those debts like currency. He could tell them: you owe me, so you'll do this for me. It's a form of control.
So they didn't kill him for money. They killed him because they were trapped by debt.
Exactly. The shooter owed 150 reais. The motorcycle driver owed 10,000. When you're in that position, when someone holds your debt over your head, refusal becomes harder. The money offered for the job was almost secondary—it was about settling what you already owed.
And the woman who ordered it—she's still out there?
Yes. Juliana da Rocha Pacheco disappeared. She handed over the gun and vanished. The four men are in custody facing homicide charges, but the person who started it all is still being hunted.
What happens to them now?
They wait for trial. All four face charges of qualified homicide and criminal association. The system will move forward, but the professor is still dead, and his neighbor is still missing.