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Ex-Highway Police Chief Silvinei Vasques Back in Brazilian Custody After Paraguay Detention

A Supreme Court minister ordered preventive detention after he broke electronic monitoring days after a 24-year, six-month conviction in the 2022 election interference case.

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Overview

  • Paraguayan authorities detained Vasques at Asunción’s Silvio Pettirossi airport as he tried to fly to El Salvador using Paraguayan documents in another name that failed biometric checks.
  • Brazil’s Federal Police reported his ankle monitor stopped transmitting early on December 25, and building cameras showed him leaving São José on December 24 with bags and a dog in a rented car.
  • Paraguay expelled him and handed him to Brazilian agents at the Ponte da Amizade on Friday night; he spent the night in Foz do Iguaçu and was flown to Brasília on Saturday.
  • Alexandre de Moraes converted his court restrictions to preventive imprisonment, citing a verified attempt to flee and violations of home confinement and monitoring rules.
  • The STF convicted Vasques on December 16 for directing PRF operations that hindered voter movement in 2022, imposing a 24-year, six-month sentence and ancillary penalties.