The case was also compared to that of Amarildo, a stone worker who was tortured, killed, and his body "disappeared" by the military police in the favela Rocinha, also in Rio de Janeiro, in July 2013.
El cas també s'ha comparat d'Amarildo, el paleta que va ser torturat i mort, i el seu cos "segrestat" per la policia militar a la favela de Rocinha, també a Rio de Janeiro, el juliol de 2013.