The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) reacted strongly to the multiple legal actions filed by the family of José Victor Miranda, a Cruzeiro supporter killed during an ambush organized by members of the Palmeiras torcida in October 2024. Qualifying these steps as “procedural leaks”, ” fraud “ And “abusive”the CBF asked the courts to reject them and sanction the complainants for bad faith. The body stressed that the facts occurred outside any official framework and that the entity was not responsible for the security or the management of the supporters’ movements according to ESPN.
Always according to the CBF, the family has multiplied similar actions across the country, targeting not only the confederation, but also Palmeiras, the Paulista Federation and even the State of São Paulo, with very high demands for compensation. The CBF denounces a strategy intended to disperse responsibilities and maximize financial gains, while specifying that the perpetrators of the attack are being pursued by the competent criminal authorities. The family’s lawyers dispute the accusations, saying their actions are legitimate and based on concrete evidence.
