The former director of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) Silvinei Vasques was taken, this Saturday (27/12), to the 19th Battalion of the Federal District Military Police (19th BPM), Papudinha, in Brasilia, to serve preventive detention.
Papudinha is located in the Papuda Prison Complex. The space has a covered area of 54.76 square meters, with a bedroom, bathroom, laundry room, kitchen, living room and outdoor space of 10.07 square meters.
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Although it can accommodate four people, the place is currently only occupied by Silvinei and former Justice Minister Anderson Torres.
The unit has a refrigerator, a hot water shower, closets, a double bed and a TV. Five meals are offered per day: breakfast, lunch, snack, lunch and dinner.
Prisoners also have access to a health center made up of two clinical doctors, three nurses, two dentists, a social worker, two psychologists, a physiotherapist, three nursing technicians, a psychiatrist and a pharmacist.
Anderson Torres has been detained at the 19th BPM since November 25. The Military Police Guard Center (NCPM) is at the exclusive service of Prime Ministers and authorities with staff prerogatives.
Conviction
Silvinei was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for attempted coup d’état and was arrested in Paraguay, Friday 26/12, while trying to flee to El Salvador.
As of Friday, Silvinei had no outstanding arrest warrants, although he had been previously convicted. He was awaiting the outcome of his STF conviction for attempted coup d’état.
Although he was free, the former PRF director could not leave the country and was monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet. Following an escape attempt, the Minister of the Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, ordered Silvinei’s preventive detention. His arrival in Papudinha was recorded on video by Metropolises.
Escape attempt
- Silvinei respected precautionary measures in Santa Catarina, including the use of an electronic ankle bracelet and a ban on leaving the country.
- Following the violation of surveillance equipment, alerts were issued to Brazilian and international authorities.
- Silvinei, in Paraguay, attempted to embark with false documents to Panama, with El Salvador as his final destination.
- However, the attempt was already being monitored and the PF detachment in Paraguay had previously notified the local police.
Silvinei was arrested in the early hours of Friday (26/12), at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, in Asunción, while trying to board a plane that would pass through Panama and have El Salvador as its final destination.
According to the investigation, Silvinei was arrested while trying to board with a false passport, posing as a Paraguayan citizen, under the name Julio Eduardo Fernández. The arrest was made by local officers. The false documents were intended to circumvent immigration controls.
Transfer to Brazil
After his arrest by Paraguayan police, Silvinei was handed over to Brazilian authorities in Foz do Iguaçu (PR) on Friday evening. He was taken by car from Ciudad del Este to the border.
Silvinei’s return to Brazil was carried out in accordance with the summary expulsion of the Brazilian, after negotiation between the diplomatic authorities of the two countries. Detained by the authorities of his native country, Silvinei spent the night in Foz do Iguaçu (PR).
The former director of the PRF took off from Foz do Iguaçu (PR) around 10 a.m. and arrived in the federal capital around 1:15 p.m. He was then transferred to the 19th Battalion of the Federal District Military Police (19th BPM), Papudinha, to carry out the preventive detention ordered by Moraes.
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