On 18 March 2025, in Boa Vista (Roraima), two armed individuals shot and killed a Venezuelan man in the Silvio Botelho neighborhood. The authorship and motivation of the attack are unknown. 1 fatality.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

Summary

A violent incident occurred on March 18 in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, where a Venezuelan man was killed by armed assailants. While this appears to be an isolated incident with unknown motives and perpetrators, it demonstrates security instability in the area adjacent to the Venezuelan border.

Supply-chain impact

• Roraima state serves as a major border crossing with Venezuela and is important for bilateral trade and logistics flows, but a single incident has low probability of directly disrupting supply chains
• Continued social tensions due to concentrated Venezuelan refugee and immigrant populations in the Boa Vista area could indirectly affect regional logistics operations
• While adjacent to northern Brazil's mineral resource (gold, diamonds, etc.) extraction and transport routes, no direct connection has been established to date

Watch points

• Whether additional violent incidents targeting Venezuelan immigrants in Roraima state occur and the possibility of pattern formation
• Impact of deteriorating security conditions in the Brazil-Venezuela border region on bilateral trade activities