Arrested after acts of 8/1, Colonel Naime feels ill for the third time in prison

Colonel Jorge Eduardo Naime, former commander of the Operations Department of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF), fell ill for the third time since he was arrested on February 7th for an alleged failure to contain the acts of January 8th. He was attended to by the medical team this Monday (27). The soldier’s wife, Mariana Adôrno Naime, told People’s Gazette that he has been suffering from “numbness in his arms and feet”, “a lot of headache” and “vomiting”.

“His health is very weak, made worse by his emotional state. He has a report of hypertension and diabetes,” said Mariana. According to her, Naime has lost 16 kilos since her arrest and her case has not progressed, despite requests for her release already made by the defense. Mariana pointed out that the colonel has not received adequate preventive medical care to treat his comorbidities.

Furthermore, she stated that the death of Cleriston Pereira at the Papuda Penitentiary Complex also left her family worried. Cleriston was in prison accused of involvement in acts of vandalism and died on the 20th after having a “sudden illness”. The businessman also had comorbidities, like Naime, and was taking medication for diabetes and hypertension.

“This makes me extremely desperate, because last week Cleriston died, we saw that the report [de comorbidades] Cleriston’s is the same as his [Naime], which is due to hypertension, diabetes… What guarantees that Naime doesn’t also have a heart attack, a stroke?”, asked the colonel’s wife. “We are asking for help so that he can be released and receive dignified treatment,” she added.

On July 13, the colonel had a drop in blood pressure and, when he fell, he tried to lean on a cabinet, which ended up falling on him, which led to him being taken to the hospital. On July 24, he needed medical attention again, but did not need to be taken to the hospital.

Even on vacation at the time of the acts of vandalism, Colonel Naime left his residence to help contain the protesters. During the police action, the soldier was injured by a firecracker. He was arrested on suspicion of failure to act during the attacks. In May, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) sent an opinion to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in favor of maintaining the soldier’s arrest.

The prosecutor’s office commented on one of the release requests presented by Naime’s defense. The general command of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) decided, in September, to remove the soldier from his duties and suspend the payment of bonuses in compliance with an order from the Supreme Court.