The President of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) orders Queiroz, former aide to the Bolsonaro clan, to house arrest.
Minister João Otávio de Noronha, whose decisions had been favorable to the government, decided to grant habeas corpus to the defense of Fabrício Queiroz, who has been imprisoned since June 18.
247 - The president of the Superior Court of Justice, João Otávio de Noronha, decided this Thursday (9) to send Fabrício Queiroz to house arrest. He has been in prison since June 18 and his wife, Marcia Aguiar, has been on the run since then.
Queiroz is expected to be released only this Friday (10). He and his wife, Marcia Aguiar, who is on the run, will have to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. They will stay in a house in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Queiroz is a former aide to the Bolsonaro family, a direct employee of current Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, and is accused of participating in the "rachadinha" scheme. The case is proceeding under judicial secrecy.
Noronha's decisions had been favorable to the government. According to a recent survey by the newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo, he granted 87,5% of the requests that reached the court that benefited the president.
Queiroz's habeas corpus It was forwarded to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) by decision of Judge Suimei Cavalieri., from the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro. She was in the minority when deciding to keep the Queiroz Case in the first instance, understanding that Flávio Bolsonaro did not have the right to special jurisdiction in the second instance because he was a state deputy at the time the crimes were allegedly committed.
In the request to go to house arrest, Queiroz's defense argued that he was part of the high-risk group for coronavirus infection.He is 55 years old and was imprisoned in Bangu 8, in Rio.