Ex-PRF Chief Silvinei Vasques Arrested in Paraguay After Cutting Monitor and Trying to Fly to El Salvador

Overview

• Paraguayan police detained Vasques at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport using a genuine Paraguayan passport issued to another identity.
• He was placed at the disposal of the Paraguayan Public Ministry and is expected to be expelled to Brazil via Foz do Iguaçu, according to G1.
• Brazil’s Federal Police triggered border alerts and engaged their attaché after his electronic ankle monitor was ruptured in Santa Catarina.
• He had a ticket that would connect through Panama to reach El Salvador, TV Globo reported.
• On December 16, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court sentenced him to 24 years and six months for participating in a plot tied to 2022 election interference that prosecutors say leveraged PRF operations to hinder voters, especially in the Northeast.