Archive picture of former Brazilian minister Anderson TorresJOSE ALDENIR / ZUMA PRESS / CONTACTOPHOTO
The Federal Police arrested this Saturday in Brasilia Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice within the Government of Jair Bolsonaro. Torres would have dedicated a criminal offense of negligence within the administration of violent protests, in addition to collusion with the assailants that day.
The arrest comes 4 days after the Supreme Court ordered his return from the United States, the place he was on trip.
As a part of the arrest warrant for Torres, the Federal Police carried out a search Tuesday at his house in Brasilia, the place they discovered, amongst different paperwork, the draft of a presidential decree to intervene within the Superior Electoral Tribunal. (TSE) and torpedo the results of the elections.