Anderson Torres leaves the PM Battalion in Brasilia after almost 4 months in prison

Anderson Torres leaves the PM Battalion in Brasilia after almost 4 months in prison


The former DF public safety secretary has been granted freedom from Moraes and will have to wear an ankle bracelet

Hours later Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexander of Moraes determine his release, Anderson Torres left the 19th Military Police Battalion in Brasilia, where he had been detained since 14 January. After nearly four months, the Justice issued his release permit and he returned to his residence in the federal capital.

As a condition for being released, Torres will have to wear an electronic anklet, he will not be able to have social networks, nor communicate with anyone under investigation in the Cassation for the anti-democratic acts of January 8, when the headquarters of the three Powers were attacked.

Another restriction imposed by Moraes is the carrying of weapons, forbidden to the former secretary, Torres is a delegate of the Federal Police. “The necessary compatibility between criminal justice and the right to liberty demonstrates that the effectiveness of preventive detention has already achieved its purpose, with the actual carrying out of new police passages, which were pending as of April 20, 2023,” said the minister . in shipping.

One of the obstacles that hindered Torres’ freedom was his resistance to providing passwords to access his cell phone, which was confiscated shortly after his arrest. Although this was not the argument for maintaining the preventive measure, the issue was highlighted by Moraes in one of the sentences in which he denied the request for freedom made by the former secretary’s lawyers.

Torres’ defense has filed several requests for his release over the past four months, citing procedural problems due to health problems of the former justice minister of the Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Lawmakers who visited him last weekend said Torres was “crying all the time” and was very weak.

The former federal district public safety secretary is under investigation in the investigation into the anti-democratic acts of January 8 and there is suspicion of omission and connivance with the radicals. He was in the United States at the time and returned to Brazil to surrender to justice.

Source: Terra

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