Former Federal District Public Security Secretary and former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who is in the US, announced that he will return to Brazil to present himself in court.
“I have made the decision to interrupt my vacation and return to Brazil. I will go to court and take care of my defense,” he wrote on Twitter.
Today (10/01) I received the news that Min Alexandre de Moraes of the STF has ordered my arrest and authorized a search. I made the decision to interrupt my vacation and return to Brazil. I will present myself before justice and take care of my defense.
-Anderson Torres (@andersongtorres) January 10, 2023
“I have always based my actions on ethics and legality. I believe in Brazilian justice and the strength of institutions. I am sure that the truth will prevail,” he added.
These statements come after Federal Supreme Court Justice (STF) Alexandre de Moraes today ordered the arrest of Anderson Torres.
Federal police carried out the warrant this afternoon at the home of Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice and Public Security in Jair Bolsonaro’s government and who was Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District until Sunday when radical protesters raided the area. headquarters of the three powers of Brazil.
Anderson Torres was acquitted on Sunday by the governor of the Federal District, who hours later would also be suspended for 90 days in a decision by the same judge.
Today Alexandre de Moraes ordered the arrest of the former commander of the military police of the Federal District (PMDF), Colonel Fábio Augusto Vieira, who was acquitted on Monday after the invasion of radicals at the headquarters of Brazil’s three powers.
The decision was made by Judge Alexandre de Moraes who said hours before this decision that “the institutions will punish all those responsible. Those who carried out the acts, those who financed them, those who encouraged them, through action or omission”.
Fábio Augusto Vieira was in charge of the military police operation during Sunday’s attacks by thousands of extremists in Brasília. This colonel was acquitted the next day.
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro raided and vandalized the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court, Congress and the Planalto Palace in Brasília on Sunday, leading police to intervene to restore order and condemn the international community.
The Marechaussee succeeded in regaining control of the headquarters of the three powers, in an operation that resulted in approximately 1,500 arrests.
The invasion began after militants from Brazil’s far right, supporters of the former president, who was defeated by Lula da Silva in last October’s election, called a protest at the Esplanada dos Ministérios.
However, Federal Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes impeached Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha for 90 days as both the governor and Bolsonaro’s former security minister and former justice minister Anderson Torres acted with negligence and omission.
Source: DN
