BRASILIA, Jan 13 – The Brazilian government said on Friday that it had not made any request to the United States regarding the former president Jair Bolsonaro and his former justice minister, who are being sought by authorities after the former leader’s supporters stormed key buildings in the capital.
The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the former minister Anderson Torreswho said he would turn himself in but is now in Florida, just like Bolsonaro.
Dozens of members of the United States Congress called on the government to revoke the visa of Bolsonaro after his supporters stormed Brasilia earlier this month.
New Justice Minister Flavio Dino told a news conference that he would wait until next week to re-evaluate Torres’ case, indicating there could be an attempt to request his extradition if the former minister does not turn himself in.
The arrest warrant for Torres was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Torres was Brasilia’s security secretary and was ousted from his post within hours of the attack.
On Thursday, police found a draft decree at Torres’ home that appeared to be a proposal to interfere in the result of the October elections that Bolsonaro lost.
The former justice minister, who says he is on vacation in Orlando, claimed the denounced document was likely among others in a pile that was being thrown away and was “leaked” in his absence to create a “false narrative.”
Bolsonaro, for his part, traveled to the United States on the eve of the end of his term, avoiding passing the presidential sash to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at his inauguration. So far, he has not been formally investigated for Sunday’s vandalism.
Dino stated that there has been no action in relation to the former president either. (Reporting by Ricardo Brito. Editing in Spanish by Juana Inés Casas)
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