A 48-year-old woman was one of the targets of a PF operation that investigates the financiers and organizers of demonstrations in Brasília.| Photo: Carlos Moura/SCO/STF

The Federal Police (PF) informed that a 48-year-old woman, the target of an operation that investigates the financiers and organizers of the demonstrations in Brasília on January 8, presented herself late last night (16) at the police station of the corporation in Campos dos Goytacazes, in Rio de Janeiro. The PF had already arrested a man also suspected of participating in acts of vandalism. The corporation is still looking for a third party to be investigated. According to the PF report, cell phones, computers and documents were also seized during the action.

The PF operation, baptized Ulysses, also aims to identify local leaders who blocked the highways that cross the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes, the organization of demonstrations in front of the army barracks in the municipality and the participation of those investigated and other leaders in organizing and financing the acts that triggered the invasion and depredation of public buildings on January 8th.

“During the investigation, it was possible to collect evidence capable of linking those investigated in the organization and leadership of the events. In addition, with today’s compliance with the court orders, issued by the 7th Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro, it will be possible to identify any other participants/co-authors in the criminal enterprise”, says the PF note.

The suspects may respond for the crimes of criminal association, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and incitement of the Armed Forces against institutional powers, according to the corporation.