Overview
- He said at a forum in Buenos Aires that he does not see a need to change the Anti‑terrorism Law and cautioned against an excess of politicization in crime-fighting.
- He argued the Judiciary must improve operationally, highlighting delays in injunctions and compliance with orders that hinder actions such as transferring detainees.
- Bill PL 1283/2025, pending in the Chamber of Deputies, would label factions like the Comando Vermelho and PCC as terrorists and broaden terrorism to include territorial retaliation and sabotage of critical infrastructure.
- The push to toughen the law followed an October 28 Rio operation with 121 deaths, which he said is under investigation, and he called Alexandre de Moraes’s meeting with Governor Cláudio Castro extremely important.
- The federal public security secretary, Mario Sarrubbo, also rejected equating factions to terrorists and warned the move could harm Brazil’s international standing.