President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) declared this Thursday (26) that “no one admits to the execution” of the death of a 38-year-old man, during an approach by the Federal Highway Police (PRF), in the city of Umbaúba, in Sergipe. , last Wednesday (25).
“I will find out with the PRF. What I saw two weeks ago, those two policemen executed by a criminal who was, he was walking around in Ceará. They went to negotiate with him, the guy took his gun and killed them both, maybe that, in this case that I didn’t know about yet, was in his head,” Bolsonaro said.
“One thing is execution, the other I don’t know what happened, execution no one admits anyone to execute anyone. I don’t know what happened to give you a proper answer here.”
Videos shared on social media show the PRF vehicle being used as a “gas chamber” with the victim trapped in the trunk.
Genivaldo de Jesus Santos suffered from mental disorders, according to family reports. The initial report from the Legal Medical Institute confirmed the death from asphyxia and respiratory failure. The Civil and Federal police are investigating the case.
According to Wallyson de Jesus, Genivaldo’s nephew, “the order to stop was given, he stopped, put the bike on its stand and answered all the commands. The policeman asked him to lift his shirt, he did it and said he had the medicine in his pocket and with the doctor’s prescription indicating that he has mental problems, that’s when the policeman called for backup.”
After the arrival of two other authorities, “they took him by the arms and legs. They wanted to put handcuffs on his feet, but it didn’t fit, and they took a ribbon inside and tied it to him. They started stepping on it and after all that happened, they took my uncle, put it in the car and put a gas grenade”, says the victim’s nephew.
Wallyson described the police officers’ attitude as a “torture session”, claiming that those present continued to say that Genivaldo had health problems.
The PRF reported in a note that the “38-year-old man actively resisted an approach (…) Due to his aggressiveness, immobilization techniques and instruments of lesser offensive potential were used.”
Also according to the statement, “during the displacement, the approached came to feel sick and was immediately taken to the José Nailson Moura Hospital, where he was later treated and death was confirmed”. A disciplinary process was opened to investigate the conduct of the police, they conclude.
(*With information from Bruno Laforé, Felipe Romero and Carolina Figueiredo, from CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
