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A police vehicle with broken glass had to be towed after Sunday’s incident.
This Sunday, members of the Brazilian Federal Police were attacked with guns and grenades after serving an arrest warrant against former Vice President Roberto Jefferson at his home in the southern state of Rio de Janeiro.
“I’m not going to turn myself in because it seems ridiculous to me. Enough, I’m tired of being an arbitrary victim,” the former vice chancellor said in a self-recorded video during the police operation.
After resisting arrest for several hours, Roberto Jefferson, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, turned himself in.
Carina Oliveira, a police agent, and deputy Marcelo Villella were injured after Jefferson. will begin Grenades To avoid capture.
President Jair Bolsonaro ordered Justice Minister Anderson Torres to travel to Rio de Janeiro to try to end the crisis and vowed to arrest those who opened fire on police.
In the attack, Jefferson, a former leader of the Workers’ Party of Brazil (PTB) political party, fired multiple shots, shattering the windshield of a police vehicle.
“Carmen Lucifer”
Jefferson was placed under house arrest for insulting and threatening Carmen Lucia, president of the Brazilian Supreme Court.
But Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Jefferson’s arrest after the politician violated the terms of his house arrest, which stipulated that he not post anything on the Internet.
However, on Saturday she posted a video referring to the minister as “Carmen Lucifer”.Prostitutes“.
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Former deputy Roberto Jefferson.
Re-election candidate Jair Bolsonaro “dismissed” Jefferson’s statements against Minister Carmen Lucia and criticized her armed response against police officers.
He later posted a video on social media in which he “criminal“To his political ally.
“We’ve never seen such a mess.”
“Roberto Jefferson has just been arrested. The treatment given to those who shot a police officer is the treatment given to a criminal. My condolences to the police officers who were injured in the episode,” he said.
For his part, opposition candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared that Jefferson’s reaction was “not appropriate behavior, it is not normal behavior.”
“That doesn’t happen in Brazilian politics. We compete in many elections. We have never seen such a variation“Such a senseless crime that this citizen of mine, my enemy, has committed in the country,” said Lula da Silva.
Political tensions continue to rise in Brazil between Bolsonaro and leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, days ahead of the second round of presidential elections next Sunday.
Lula is still considered favored to win the race, but Bolsonaro’s camp says he could win re-election.
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