When supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro occupied the offices of Congress, the presidential mansion, and the Federal Supreme Court, the general director of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, asked for a prison sentence for Anderson Torres, the former minister of justice and secretary of security of the Federal District of Brasilia, alleging a crime of omission of duty.
In support of his request, Rodrigues cites a study from the Federal Police’s intelligence division that suggests a potential crime of omission on the part of the local authorities despite days of “information warning of forthcoming events.”
For his attitude toward the “large levels of violence that caused considerable damage to property and public institutions,” the petition calls for Torres and Fábio Augusto Vieira, head of the Military Police of the Federal District, to be imprisoned.
According to the document that Rodrigues signed, “All thanks to the omission of the Federal District Public Security system, and in particular of the Secretary of State for Public Security of the DF and the Command of the Military Police of the DF, which did not adopt the necessary measures to contain the criminals.
According to the document made public by the newspaper “O Globo,” the Federal Police had alerted the Ministry of Justice and the DF authorities of the protestors’ intention to penetrate the official headquarters one day prior to the Bolsonaro assault.
In response to criticism of the authorities’ “revanchism,” Torres’ defense attorney, Rodrigo Roca, claimed that the omission “is not even anything that can be addressed in this specific case.”
“The image recordings show the Military Police of the Federal District escorting the demonstrators in the direction of the dome of the three Powers,” the Federal Police emphasizes in its text. It was “easily” overcome by the protesters because the final obstruction to the Plaza de los Tres Poderes was likewise constructed by conventional military police and not by civic riot police.
Additionally, messages that were taken from other calling-related messaging applications are included in the report. “Water, coffee, lunch, food, roof, and bathrooms were all paid for. The camp will contain everything. Help us recruit patriots, please “one of the messages was read.
The police’s request served as the basis for Judge Alexandre de Moraes’ arrest warrant, which guarantees the existence of “a probable criminal organization whose objective is to disrupt republican institutions.”
However, in Boa Vista, Roraima, the police have detained a person for allegedly instigating violence against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil. It would be time to shoot Lula in the head, the suspect said in a message regarding his upcoming Saturday visit to Roraima. The Friday night arrestee will be made available to Justice by the Federal Police.
This Saturday, Lula travels to Roraima to show his support for the Yanomami indigenous group, who are dealing with a health crisis and incidences of malnutrition. A state of emergency is declared by the ministry of health. Indigenous people have lost close to 570 lives in the past four years due to preventable illnesses and mercury pollution.