Ibama and Ibram find 60 wild birds at Anderson Torres’ house

Environmental Crime

The ex-minister is arrested on suspicion of failing to commit the terrorist acts of January 8

Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice arrested since January 2023, was the target of action by Ibama in Brasilia this Friday (24), due to the illegal breeding of wild birds. Sixty birds were found at the breeding site, one of them with a mutilated leg.

The information was confirmed to the UOL website by Ibama and the defense of the former minister, Rodrigo Roca. The lawyer said Torres was fined, but will appeal. The fine is R$54,000, according to Ibram (Instituto Brasília Ambiental), which also participated in the action. The institute reported that none of them was seized, but did not say why.

In a note, Ibama informed that the activity was embargoed and notified the ex-minister so that information on the animals registered in the system that were not found in the place could be presented.

Anderson Torres was booked for irregularities such as using animals in disagreement with the existing authorization, for entering false data in the system and for mutilation.

How was the operation

According to Ibama, the action was a result of an investigation that began last year after the identification of inconsistent information in Sispass (System for Control and Monitoring of Amateur Bird Breeding Activity) — such as the registration of a bird under Torres’ responsibility. on behalf of someone else.

The former minister has been arrested since January 14, in Brasilia, on suspicion of omission and connivance with the coup acts of January 8. At the time, he was Secretary of Public Security for the Federal District.

During searches at Torres’ house last month, the PF found a draft of a decree to prevent Lula from taking office.

The former minister denies the accusations, says that he adopted measures to prevent the invasions that took place in the coup act of January 8 and that there is “total absence” of evidence to associate him with the attacks. About the draft, he stated in a statement that it does not have “legal viability” and that he does not know who the author of the text was.

*With information from UOL