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PF arrests colonel, captain, lieutenant and major in new phase of operation against criminal acts

The Federal Police (PF) arrested, this Tuesday (7), a colonel, a captain, a lieutenant and a major of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) in the fifth phase of the operation Lesa Pátria, whose targets are suspected involvement in the criminal acts of January 8.

The police investigated in the action are suspected of not complying with command orders during the attacks against the headquarters of the Three Powers.

The Military Police Internal Affairs is monitoring the operation.

In this fifth phase of the police action, 10 warrants were issued by the Federal Supreme Court (STF): three for temporary arrest, one for preventive arrest and six for search and seizure.

The target of the preventive arrest warrant is Colonel Jorge Eduardo Naime Barreto, who, on January 8, was head of the Operational Department of the Military Police of the DF (PMDF).

He is suspected of omission in the acts of January 8. The colonel was on leave on the day of the attacks, but, for the investigators, the distance would be deliberate so as not to incriminate him.

The PF is also executing a search and seizure warrant against Barreto. A CNN try to contact his defense.

PF fulfills 10 warrants in new phase of operation against those involved in criminal acts on January 8

According to the PF balance sheet, before the arrests this Tuesday (7), 16 people had already been arrested in this operation and 31 search and seizure warrants were served.

Those investigated are accused of the crimes of “violent abolition of the Democratic State of Law, coup d’état, qualified damage, criminal association, incitement to crime, destruction and deterioration or destruction of specially protected property”, informed the PF.

In the fourth phase of the operation, last Friday (3), businessman Lucimário Benedito Camargo, known as Mário Hurricane, was arrested. He recorded video, wrapped in a national flag, inside the Planalto Palace on the day of the attacks.

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The operation, whose fifth phase is being carried out by the PF this Friday, was launched on the 20th, with the aim of identifying people who participated, financed or encouraged the criminal acts of January 8 in Brasília

Operation Lesa Pátria is permanent, and has periodic updates. Last Friday (27), 11 arrest warrants and 27 search and seizure warrants were issued.

The PF makes available the e-mail address [email protected] to receive complaints about participants in criminal acts.

A member of the Federal Police (PF) told the CNN that Operation Lesa Pátria is the “first of many” against coup plotters and criminals who participated in the acts of January 8th. The information is from Daniela Lima, anchor of CNN .

The agent stated that they do not want “these people to sleep peacefully”, making the actions a permanent job.

* Gustavo Uribe, Jéssica Moura and Thayana Araújo contributed to this report

Source: CNN Brasil

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