Anderson Torres, who was Minister of Justice of former Brazilian President
Jair Bolsonaro
, was arrested this Saturday at the Brasilia airport under
investigation for alleged "omission and collusion"
with the assault on Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on January 8, they reported. local media.
Torres, who
was
the capital's security secretary the day thousands of Bolsonaro supporters violently took over the headquarters of public powers, landed in the Brazilian capital from the United States this Saturday morning to appear before justice.
The former minister was detained by the authorities at the Brasilia international airport upon disembarking from Miami, according to what his lawyers confirmed to the press.
The plane in which the former minister traveled arrived around 7:30 local time at the Brasilia airport where Torres was expected by the Federal Police.
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