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BRASILIA.- The Federal Police (PF) of Brazil begins to close the siege on the fugitives from the assault on the three powers in Brasilia, on January 8, 2023, who are in Argentina. The PF will include the names of the nearly 60 fugitives already identified on Argentine soil on the Ameripol wanted listthe police community of America, as confirmed to LA NACION by force sources.
The PF office in Buenos Aires is working to include the names in the Anfast network, which is in charge of the active search for fugitives from the region, they explained in the corporation. Anfast allows search teams from Ameripol member countries to contact each other to execute arrest warrants for criminals fleeing their countries.
Last Thursday, the Brazilian police tried in 18 states and the Federal District capture more than 200 fugitives from the “Lesa Patria” operationwhich investigates the attacks of January 8, 2023, when the headquarters of the three powers were vandalized by thousands of followers of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
More than 100 people could not be located, and part of them are in Argentina, according to Brazilian authorities. Brazilian police suspect that the fugitives entered the country hidden in vehicles after having broken their electronic ankle bracelets.
In parallel, the PF of Brazil, led by delegate Andrei Rodrigues, who is also executive secretary of Ameripol, will formalize extradition requests against the fugitives.
Before you arrive in Buenos Aires, The extradition process will be coordinated in the coming days by the PF in Brasilia together with the Ministry of Justice of the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in addition to the chancellery and the Supreme Federal Court.
Once the process progresses on Brazilian soil, the formal extradition requests They will be presented to the Argentine authorities by the Brazilian embassy in Buenos Aires, led by ambassador Julio Bitelli.
Until this Monday, the Argentine authorities did not receive any official notification from the Brazilian authorities, as LA NACION learned. “We are accompanying him through the media,” an official source was honest.
On Saturday, the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, denied having become aware of the presence of fugitives on Argentine soil, and said that the event remains “propaganda” by the Brazilian government.
The Brazilian government remains expectant to know what the response of President Javier Milei’s government will be., an ally of former President Bolsonaro, in the face of extradition requests. The Brazilian police identified that part of the fugitives He already asked for shelter to the Milei government.
On May 30, Brazilian deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro – son of the former president – traveled to Buenos Aires to participate in an event organized by La Libertad Avanza in Congress. Invited by the official deputy María Celeste Ponce, on that occasion Bolsonaro requested political asylum for Brazilians convicted and accused of attempting a coup against Lula’s government, a week before his inauguration.
Jair Bolsonaro himself, who was in Buenos Aires for Milei’s inauguration last December, is being investigated by the Brazilian Police as a possible instigator and intellectual author of the coup attacks of January 8, 2023.
In recent weeks, the former president of Brazil and his allies have promoted an “amnesty” project for those responsible for the attacks in Brasilia, who were calling for a military intervention to depose Lula da Silva.
So far, the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil has convicted 216 people for the attacks on the headquarters of the three powers in 2023, for crimes such as criminal association and coup d’état.
