Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office denounces 39 people for invasion and depredation of the three branches of power
The Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office denounced this Monday before the Supreme Court 39 people for their relation with the acts of depredation and vandalism in the National Congress, the Presidential Palace, and the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in the capital Brasilia last Jan. 8.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the defendants are accused of armed criminal association, violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup d’état, deterioration of historical patrimony, and qualified damage by violence and serious threat with the use of inflammable substances against public patrimony.
These are the first charges filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office against the people who entered and vandalized the buildings of the three branches of government in Brazil.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the 39 denounced were arrested inside the Senate and acted to overthrow the current government.
The Prosecutor’s Office also requested the freezing of assets in the amount of R$40 million (about US$9 million) to repair damages, both those caused to the public patrimony and collective moral damages and the loss of the defendants’ positions in public functions.
More than 1,200 people remain in custody for their connection with the events.
The Brazilian government announced that the investigations are still in progress and that more arrests should occur in the next few days.
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