PGR denounces more than 150 suspects of participation in acts of vandalism

The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) denounced this Friday (27) over 150 suspects of participating in the acts of vandalism that took place on January 8. The agency reported that the defendants are detained in units of the Federal District prison system, after the custody hearing and the decree of preventive arrests. The PGR has already denounced 254 people suspected of involvement in the violent protests.

According to the new complaint, they are accused of criminal association and incitement to crime equated by the animosity of the Armed Forces against the Constitutional Powers. “In the piece, there is also a request for the convictions to consider the so-called material competition provided for in article 69 of the same Code, that is, the crimes must be considered autonomously and the penalties, added”, says the Attorney General’s Office, in a note.

The denunciations were signed by the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic Carlos Frederico Santos, coordinator of the Strategic Group to Combat Undemocratic Acts, and forwarded to the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) also requested that the defendants be sentenced to pay a minimum compensation, “at least because of the collective moral damages evidenced by the commission of the alleged crimes”. In addition, the MPF asked for the continuation of the investigations, with the hearing of witnesses.

The accused were detained in the camp in front of the Army barracks, in Brasília. For Santos, the camp presented “an evident structure to guarantee continuity, stability and permanence” of the protesters. The actions present images of the camp that show that the place “functioned as a kind of village, with a place for meals, a fair, transportation, medical care, a room for puppet theater, massage therapy, charging devices and even religious assistance”.

In a document attached to the allegations, Santos explains that it is not possible to denounce those involved also for terrorism, since the legislation determines that this crime must be characterized in conducts taken for reasons of xenophobia, discrimination or prejudice of race, color, ethnicity and religion. “The commission of crimes, however serious they may be, for political reasons, does not form part of the criminal categories”, says the deputy prosecutor.

He also points out that “the MPF cannot offer a non-criminal prosecution agreement” to the accused. For Santos, “the incitement and formation of a criminal association – crimes attributed to the accused – had the objective of violently taking over the Democratic State of Law, through the Armed Forces, which is incompatible with the decriminalizing measure”, informed the PGR.