{"id":3106,"date":"2023-01-14T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T14:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3106"},"modified":"2023-01-14T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T14:57:40","slug":"bolsonaros-ex-justice-minister-arrested-in-brazils-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/politics\/bolsonaros-ex-justice-minister-arrested-in-brazils-capital\/2023\/01\/14\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolsonaro’s ex-justice minister arrested in Brazil’s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRASILIA<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> Jan,14–<\/span> Former<\/span> Brazilian<\/span> justice<\/span> minister<\/span> Anderson<\/span> Torres,<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> in<\/span> charge<\/span> of<\/span> public<\/span> security<\/span> in<\/span> Brasilia<\/span> when<\/span> government<\/span> buildings<\/span> were<\/span> broken<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> week<\/span> ago,<\/span> was<\/span> accused<\/span> of<\/span> “negligence”<\/span> and<\/span> “acquisition”<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span>\u00a0was<\/span> arrested<\/span> in<\/span> Brasilia.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Torres<\/span> was<\/span> arrested<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> after<\/span> returning<\/span> to<\/span> Brazil.<\/span> He<\/span> was<\/span> on<\/span> vacation<\/span> in<\/span> Florida.<\/span> Florida<\/span> is<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> state<\/span> his<\/span> former<\/span> boss,<\/span> former<\/span> right-wing<\/span> president<\/span> Jair<\/span> Bolsonaro<\/span> traveled<\/span> to<\/span> after<\/span> losing<\/span> last<\/span> year’s<\/span> election.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> former<\/span> minister<\/span> said<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> evidence<\/span> presented<\/span> by<\/span> police<\/span> was<\/span> taken<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> context<\/span> when<\/span> his<\/span> home<\/span> was<\/span> raided<\/span> this<\/span> week.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Brazil’s<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> Judge<\/span> Alexandre<\/span> Demorais<\/span> ordered<\/span> the<\/span> arrest<\/span> of<\/span> Torres<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday.<\/span> It<\/span> wasn’t<\/span> immediately<\/span> clear<\/span> what<\/span> the<\/span> charges<\/span> were,<\/span> but<\/span> Moraes<\/span> cited<\/span> allegations<\/span> of<\/span> “negligence”<\/span> and<\/span> “acquisition”<\/span> of<\/span> Torres.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Protests<\/span> by<\/span> Bolsonaro<\/span> supporters<\/span> last<\/span> Sunday<\/span> culminated<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> raid<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> government<\/span> building<\/span> in<\/span> Brasilia.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Federal<\/span> Police<\/span> Commissioner<\/span> Andrei<\/span> Rodriguez<\/span> said<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> that<\/span> “various<\/span> deliberate<\/span> omissions<\/span> allegedly<\/span> carried<\/span> out<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> head<\/span> of<\/span> public<\/span> security<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Federal<\/span> District<\/span> contributed<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> execution<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> terrorist<\/span> act.”<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Brazilian<\/span> police<\/span> found<\/span> a<\/span> draft<\/span> order<\/span> at<\/span> Torres’<\/span> home<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> proposal<\/span> to<\/span> interfere<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> outcome<\/span> of<\/span> October’s<\/span> elections,<\/span> in<\/span> which<\/span> Bolsonaro<\/span> lost<\/span> to<\/span> Luis<\/span> Inacio<\/span> Lula<\/span> da<\/span> Silva.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> Anderson-Torres,<\/span> the<\/span> document<\/span> was<\/span> “taken<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> context”<\/span> after<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> confiscated<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> left<\/span> his<\/span> home,<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> likely<\/span> included<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> pile<\/span> of<\/span> papers<\/span> intended<\/span> for<\/span> disposal.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“In<\/span> time<\/span> everything<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> crushed,”<\/span> the<\/span> former<\/span> minister<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Twitter<\/span> post<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday.<\/span> Also<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> when<\/span> Anderson-Torres<\/span> learned<\/span> of<\/span> Moraes’<\/span> arrest<\/span> warrant,<\/span> he<\/span> took<\/span> to<\/span> Twitter<\/span> to<\/span> suspend<\/span> his<\/span> vacation,<\/span> saying<\/span> he<\/span> would<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> Brazil<\/span> and<\/span> turn<\/span> himself<\/span> in.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Justice<\/span> Minister<\/span> Flavio<\/span> Dino<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> allowed<\/span> to<\/span> return<\/span> to<\/span> Torres<\/span> until<\/span> Monday,<\/span> after<\/span> which<\/span> he<\/span> began<\/span> the<\/span> extradition<\/span> process.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRASILIA (Reuters) Jan,14– Former Brazilian justice minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia when government buildings were broken into a week ago, was accused of “negligence” and “acquisition” on Saturday\u00a0was arrested in Brasilia. Torres was arrested on Saturday after returning to Brazil. He was on vacation in Florida. Florida is […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[749,750,475,702,748],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Anderson_Torres.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3110,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3106\/revisions\/3110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}