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If convicted, Bolsonaro supporter Anderson Torres could face 91 years in prison.

Former Bolsonaro-aligned minister is under investigation for the crimes of terrorism, coup d'état, and criminal association.

Anderson Torres (Photo: Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil)

247 - Investigated for the crimes of terrorism, coup d'état, and criminal association, former Bolsonaro-aligned minister Anderson Torres could be sentenced to 91 years in prison. informs Guilherme Amado's column on the Metrópoles website.

Based on documents from the Federal Police (PF) and the Attorney General's Office (AGU), Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), ordered Torres' arrest on Tuesday (10)The former Bolsonaro minister was in the US and is expected to arrive in Brazil this Friday (13) to be arrested by the Federal Police.

On the same day the arrest warrant was issued, the agency executed a search and seizure warrant at Torres's home in Brasília and He found a draft of a coup decree., who planned to establish a state of defense in the Superior Electoral Court and alter the election results, giving victory to Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

After leaving the Ministry of Justice and Public Security in the Bolsonaro government, Torres served as Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District, where he failed to prevent and contain the Bolsonaro terrorist movement that invaded the federal capital on Sunday (8) and vandalized the headquarters of the Three Powers, in addition to the Planalto Palace and the Alvorada Palace. Moraes assessed that his behavior in the DF was "very serious" and put the lives of President Lula (PT), congressmen and ministers of the STF at risk.

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