Federal police arrested the president of the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly (Alerg), state Rep. Rodrigo Bacelar (Uníao Brasil), on Tuesday morning. The operation was launched to combat the actions of public officials involved in the leaking of confidential information from the investigation that arrested state lawmaker Teigo Raymundo dos Santos Silva, known as TH Goyas. It has not yet been confirmed how the leak occurred. According to the police forces, this illegal action obstructed the investigation conducted as part of Operation Zarjun. The involvement of President Al-Arj was discovered by the National Front after analyzing the materials seized in the September operation.
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National Front agents are on the streets to execute a preventive arrest warrant and eight search and seizure warrants, as well as a summons to comply with non-prison precautionary measures, issued by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
On the day of Operation Zargun, the National Police Forces informed that an investigation would be opened to investigate a possible leak of the operation. Suspicion arose because T. H. Goias left his home the night before the operation that was to effect his arrest. The politician was located at another address.
This measure takes place in the context of the decision of the Federal Supreme Court in Judgment ADPF 635/RJ (ADPF das Favelas), which decided, among other measures, that the Federal Police must conduct investigations into the activities of the main violent criminal groups active in the state and their relationships with public officials.
In September, state lawmaker Tiigo Raymundo dos Santos Silva, known as TH Goyas, was arrested in a luxury apartment in Barra da Tijuca, in the western region of Rio. According to the investigation, TH Goyas used his mandate in the Legislative Assembly of Rio (Alerg) to benefit organized crime. He is accused of brokering the purchase and sale of drugs, guns and anti-drone equipment destined for Complexo do Alemão, as well as appointing Gabriel Dias de Oliveira’s wife, Indio do Lixao – who was identified as a drug trafficker and was also arrested – to a parliamentary position.
18 preventive arrest warrants were issued, 15 of which were effectively executed, as well as 22 search and seizure warrants, with actions at addresses in Barra da Tijuca, Fregesia, in the Western Region, and in Copacabana, in the Southern Region. In Alaj, federal police officers and prosecutors collected a bag of seized items.