According to the Justice Ministry, the recruiters claimed to be from the “Little Monsters,” Gaga’s international fan network.
The operation was based on a report from the ministry’s Cyber Operations Lab after Rio State police intelligence provided a tip.
That revealed digital cells that used extremist symbolism and coded language to incite violent behavior among youths.
A teenager in Rio de Janeiro was arrested for keeping child pornography, while a guy identified as the group’s head was arrested for unlawfully possessing a pistol in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
In the states of Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo, authorities executed more than a dozen search and seizure orders for 15 people.
