Gonçalves Dias tells the Federal Police that he would have arrested the major if he had seen him giving water to the Bolsonaro-supporting terrorists.
Army Major José Eduardo Natale de Paula Pereira was filmed providing bottled water to the invaders of the Planalto Palace.
247 - During testimony to the Federal Police (PF) on Friday (21), the former Minister-Chief of the Institutional Security Office (GSI) Gonçalves Dias stated that he would have arrested the Army Major José Eduardo Natale de Paula Pereiraa, in case he saw him giving water to the Bolsonaro-supporting terrorists who invaded the Planalto Palace in the criminal attacks that occurred on January 8th.
"When asked about Major José Eduardo Natale de Paula Pereira handing a bottle of water to one of the invaders, he stated that the circumstances of the moment and the major's motives should be analyzed, but that if he had witnessed it, he would have arrested him," Dias quoted in his testimony.
The hearing was scheduled by order of Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes after the CNN Brazil to release images of G. Dias in the building during the attacks. Due to the repercussions of the case, Gonçalves Dias resigned from his position last Wednesday (19).
When questioned by the Federal Police about why he didn't arrest the people he encountered during the invasion, the former minister explained that he was managing the crisis and that the invaders would be detained by security agents on the second floor, according to protocol, as soon as they came down. When he arrived at the Palace, Gonçalves Dias went up to the fourth floor and noticed that invaders were being removed by GSI agents. He stated that "he did not have the material means to single-handedly arrest the three or more people he encountered on the third and fourth floors, one of whom was highly agitated."