Federal Police carry out 16 arrest warrants and 22 search and seizure warrants in 7 states and in the Federal District in the 10th phase of Operation Lesa Pátria| Photo: Andre Borges/EFE

This Tuesday (18) the Federal Police are carrying out 16 preventive arrest warrants in the tenth phase of Operation Lesa Pátria, which targets suspects involved in the acts of January 8 that culminated in the invasion and depredation of the headquarters of the Três Podres, in Brasília.

The new phase of the operation takes place on the same day that the Federal Supreme Court (STF) began to analyze the first 100 complaints filed by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) against alleged executors and masterminds of the acts.

In addition to the arrest warrants, 22 search and seizure warrants are being served in this phase of Operation Lesa Pátria, in the states of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and the Federal District.

According to the PF, the targets are investigated for the crimes of violent abolition of the Democratic State of Law, coup d’état, qualified damage, criminal association, incitement to crime, destruction and deterioration or destruction of specially protected property.