US EditionBrazilian judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees
Silvinei Vasques was sentenced to over 24 years and fled house arrest by disabling his ankle monitor before being arrested in Paraguay, authorities said.
- On Friday, a judge ordered Silvinei Vasques, former chief of Brazil's highway police, sent to prison, revoking house arrest after tampering with an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet was deemed an escape attempt.
- This month, Silvinei Vasques was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison, prompting his flight after his house arrest was revoked.
- Previously, Vasques was arrested in 2023 and placed under electronic supervision, and Brazilian media reported he broke his electronic ankle bracelet with a soldering iron and drove himself across the border into Paraguay.
- Early Friday, Paraguayan authorities detained him at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, Asuncion, while he tried to board a flight to El Salvador with false travel documents, a police source said.
- The case ties to Bolsonaro's wider plot, as Silvinei Vasques was accused of deploying officers to block voters in left-leaning areas during the 2022 election while Jair Bolsonaro serves a 27-year sentence.
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Brazilian judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees
A Brazilian judge has issued house arrest orders for 10 people involved in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after his 2022 election loss.
Paraguay hands over fugitive former coup police chief to Brazil
Official sources confirmed that Vasques, former director of the Federal Highway Police (PRF), was handed over by Paraguayan authorities at the Friendship Bridge. The former PRF director was arrested at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, where he was attempting to board an international flight to El Salvador, using falsified documents, Paraguayan authorities stated. After his capture, he was escorted…
Paraguay Arrest Of Ex-Police Chief Exposes Brazil’s Court Battle Over 2022
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Fleeing Bolsonaro ally expelled from Paraguay after coup conviction
ASUNCION, Paraguay: A Brazilian former police chief who fled the country after he was convicted as an accomplice in the attempted coup trial of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested and expelled from Paraguay, a police source said Friday.
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