BRASILIA – Brazil’s former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was answerable for public safety in Brasilia in the course of the invasion of presidency buildings every week in the past, was arrested in Brasilia on Saturday on suspicion of “omission” and “connivance”.
Torres was arrested after returning to Brazil on Saturday. He had been on trip in Florida, the identical U.S. state his ex-boss, former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, had traveled to after dropping final yr’s election.
Demosthenes Torres, one among Torres’ attorneys, confirmed the arrest to Reuters.
The ex-minister mentioned on Thursday that proof produced by police was taken out of context when his house was raided this week.
Brazilian Supreme Court docket Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Torres’ arrest on Tuesday. It was not instantly clear what the costs have been, however Moraes cited alleged “omission” and “connivance” by Torres.
Protests final Sunday by Bolsonaro supporters culminated within the storming of presidency buildings in Brasilia.
The director normal of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, mentioned earlier within the week “the varied omissions, allegedly intentional, carried out by these liable for public security within the Federal District contributed to the apply of terrorist acts.”
Brazilian police discovered a draft decree within the house of Torres on Thursday which they mentioned seemed to be a proposal to intrude in the results of the October election that Bolsonaro misplaced to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
In accordance with Anderson Torres, the doc was “leaked out of context” after being seized when he was not at his residence, and was most likely a part of a pile of papers for disposal.
“The whole lot can be taken to be shredded in the end,” the previous minister mentioned in a put up on Twitter on Thursday.
Upon studying of Moraes’ detention order, Anderson Torres additionally mentioned on Twitter on Tuesday that he would interrupt his vacation and return to Brazil at hand himself in.
Justice Minister Flavio Dino had given Torres till Monday to return, after which he mentioned he would have began extradition procedures.
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