2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike

2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike
	; Brazilian Army soldiers in a street in Vitória.
Date	4 February – 25 February 2017
Location	Espírito Santo, Brazil
Belligerents
Brazil Federal Government: Brazilian Armed Forces Brazilian Army; Brazilian Navy Brazilian Marine Corps; ; ; Ministry of Justice National Public Security Force; ; ; Espírito Santo Civil Police of Espírito Santo; Municipal Guards; Military Police of Espírito Santo (loyalists); ;	Gangs, criminals, looters and drug traffickers Military Police of Espírito Santo (mutineers);
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Adilson Carlos Katibe; Gov. Paulo Hartung; César Colnago	Unknown
Strength
3.000 Army soldiers; 200 Marines; 500 Officers National Forces; 6 Mowag Piranha III; 6 EE-11 Urutu ; 3 Helicopters	Unknown
Casualties and losses
	215 dead in total

The 2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike was a strike by the Military Police of Espírito Santo State from 4 to 25 February 2017.

Military policemen in Espírito Santo launched to an illegal strike after demonstrations by relatives in the Metropolitan Region of Greater Vitória against low salaries. Local criminals exploited the strike and a crime wave of violence, carjacking and looting spread across Espírito Santo, with most public services and businesses being closed. The Espírito Santo state government called in assistance from the National Public Security Force and the Brazilian Armed Forces to restore law and order in Vitória and other cities until military policemen began to return to their duties after two weeks of strike action. By 25 February, all military policemen in Espírito Santo had ended their strikes.

An estimated 215 people were killed in Espírito Santo during the violence, and hundreds of military policemen were indicted for involvement in the illegal strike.