Former Representative Roberto Jefferson, an ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, resisted an arrest warrant on Sunday and shot two federal police officers in the city of Comendador Levy Gasparian, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Eight hours later, he turned himself in to the police.
The former deputy himself recorded and posted videos saying that the police tried to arrest him, but he did not surrender, and he shot the agents. According to Globo’s G1 website, Jefferson threw three grenades at police.
“I won’t give up. I won’t give up because I think it’s ridiculous. Enough, I’m tired of being a victim of abuse and abuse,” Jefferson said in a video.
At least two police officers, a delegate and an agent were not seriously injured.
Roberto Jefferson attempted to run for president of Brazil by the Brazilian Workers’ Party (PTB), but his candidacy was rejected by Justice. He then put in his place the vice presidential candidate, Father Calmon, a self-proclaimed member of the Orthodox Church, to lead the PTB campaign.
Célmon Jair Bolsonaro has supported Bolsonaro since the first round of voting, defended the president and government in debates and attended campaign events for the incumbent governor. On Saturday, he was at Guarulhos on a campaign trail alongside Bolsonaro.
An ally of the head of state, Jefferson is being investigated in an investigation investigating the activities of a criminal organization, which would have worked to attack the democratic rule of law, and was under house arrest.
The former parliamentarian will be arrested again for not complying with a court order banning him from using social media after appearing in a video posted on these platforms in which he criticized the judicial system and summoned a Federal Supreme Court (STF) judge. Carmen Lucia is a whore.
After the arrest, the President of Brazil wrote on Twitter: “As I ordered the Minister of Justice, Anderson Torres, Roberto Jefferson has just been arrested. The treatment of those who shoot a police officer is the treatment of the criminal. I offer my condolences to the police officers injured in the episode.”
Years before he became a supporter and ally of Bolsonaro, Jefferson supported Lula da Silva and ended up in prison for participating in a Congressional vote-buying scheme known as “Mensalão”.
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