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Claudio Mendes De Lima, better known by his nickname "Baiano" is the main antagonist of Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad in the USA).
He was portrayed by Fábio Lago.
Biography[]
A ruthless drug lord, Baiano imposes his own laws inside the “Morro dos Prazeres”, one of the biggest slums from Rio de Janeiro, where all drug addicts go to buy drugs. He has many henchmen, who are all people from the slum, also using high school students (one being Edu) to sell drugs inside the universities, which grants him a good income. He allowed the ONG to work on the slum just because they agreed to follow his orders, and he kept the police at bay by bribing their corrupt officers.
Mathias, a police officer and high school student, started working at the ONG without revealing he was from the police. During a night party he and his fellow Neto watch as corrupt policials get their income from the drugs dealers, but decide to interrupt the meeting by shooting one of the criminals, which starts a conflict between the police and the criminals. The BOPE (Special Operations Police Battalion) was sent to intervene, and under the orders of Captain Nascimento (the main character from the movie), they kill the criminals and rescue the police, which had been cornered, and Mathias and Neto, who decide to join the BOPE. Later, Baiano discovers that Mathias was a police officer after seeing him on the newspaper, and invades the ONG to demand explanations. Mathias presses Edu, forcing him to arrange a meeting with a kid from the slum, whom he wanted to give a pair of glasses. Baiano then sets up a trap to kill him, not knowing he was now a BOPE officer. Neto offers to go in Mathias place, since he had a job interview scheduled that day, and gives the glasses to the kid. Baiano and his henchmen corner him and kill him, but as he prepares to execute Neto, Baiano discovers the BOPE tattoo on his arm, as well as the badge in his wallet. Realising he had shot a BOPE member, he starts killing all the people from the ONG and went into hiding, fearing retaliation from the BOPE. As a result, the BOPE orders a full-scale assault on the slum to kill Baiano, torturing and executing drug dealers to get his location. Once they get the location from the dealers, they tracked Baiano down to a hideout, where it was guarded by his remaining henchmen. As soon as all henchmen were killed, Baiano panics and attempts to escape. However, the BOPE was one step ahead of him, as they anticipate Baiano's exit and shot him down. Knowing his fate was sealed, he begs the BOPE members not to shoot him in the face, as to not screw his funeral. Ignoring his pleas, Nascimento gives his gun to Mathias, who then shot Baiano.