The AGU requested the blocking of the assets of 40 people who were arrested in the act of vandalism in Brasilia.| Photo: Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/ Agência Brasil

The Attorney General’s Office (AGU) requested this Tuesday (24) the blocking of the assets of 40 people who were arrested in flagrante delicto during acts of vandalism in Brasília on the 8th. Federal District. The first request for blocking assets was made by the AGU on the 11th and reached 52 individuals and seven companies, for a total of R$ 6.5 million.

However, the blocked amount was increased to R$ 18.5 million after a request from the agency. “The purpose of the two precautionary actions is to ensure that the assets of the accused can be used to reimburse public assets in the event of a subsequent final conviction”, emphasized the AGU. The amount of R$ 18.5 million takes into account the reports of estimates of damage caused in the Planalto Palace, in the Federal Supreme Court (STF), and in Congress.

According to the AGU, the new request presented on Tuesday was drawn up “based on documents from the Civil Police of the Federal District (PCDF) and the decision of STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes who decreed the preventive detention of the accused. The body claims that the blockade should affect real estate, vehicles, values ​​in financial accounts and other assets of those involved.

The AGU requested that the 40 detainees be summoned to the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, in the Federal District, after compliance with the injunctions. And that “the process be granted secrecy of justice, since it contains information regarding arrests in flagrante delicto and ongoing investigative measures with the aim of determining the criminal responsibility of those investigated”.