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Federal Police Seek Witness Protection for Mauro Cid as Moraes Requests PGR Opinion

The cooperating witness in the coup probe is serving a two-year open‑regime sentence under restrictions pending a court decision on protection.

Delator: Mauro Cid, durante sessão de depoimentos do núcleo 1. A PF defende incluir o tenente-coronel em um programa de proteção a testemunhas.
Moraes manteve a prisão preventiva do coronel Marcelo Câmara, ex-assessor de Bolsonaro.
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Overview

  • Minister Alexandre de Moraes forwarded the Federal Police recommendation to the Prosecutor General’s Office and set a five‑day deadline for its mandatory opinion before he rules.
  • The proposal covers Mauro Cid and his family and was presented as indispensable to preserving their physical integrity, according to Moraes’s dispatch.
  • The Federal Police did not disclose any specific threats to Cid or his relatives in the material sent to the Supreme Court.
  • In a parallel request, Moraes asked the PGR to weigh in on the defense bid to calculate or extinguish the two‑year sentence based on time already served under restraints, with Cid currently in open regime after removal of his ankle monitor.
  • Brazil’s witness‑protection program can include escort, residential security and even identity change, and it requires beneficiary consent and judicial authorization before inclusion.