Lindbergh asks the Supreme Court to investigate and remove Cláudio Castro from office.
Brazilian congressman from the Workers' Party (PT) requests Supreme Court opening of investigation following police operation in Rio that left 121 dead.
247 - Federal deputy Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ), leader of the Workers' Party in the Chamber, filed a request this Wednesday (29) with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) for the opening of an investigation and precautionary removal of the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL). The initiative comes after the mega police operation that resulted in 121 deaths in the communities of Alemão and Penha, in the North Zone of Rio, carried out on Tuesday (28).
According to information disclosed by CNN BrazilLindbergh's request seeks to investigate the governor for alleged crimes of "intentional homicide (eventual intent), passive corruption, prevarication, abuse of authority, administrative misconduct, and malfeasance." The legislator argues that the operation, which mobilized approximately 2.500 agents from the state security forces, was conducted irregularly and resulted in a tragedy of enormous proportions.
According to the Public Defender's Office of Rio de Janeiro, the death toll could exceed 130, while the state government officially counts 119. The operation, called "Operation Containment," was conducted by the Narcotics Repression Division (DRE) and aimed to combat the territorial expansion of the Comando Vermelho (CV) faction, as well as to execute 100 arrest warrants against members and leaders of the criminal organization.
The congressman argues that the outcome of the operation demonstrates "an uncontrolled public security policy based on summary executions." In his representation to the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Lindbergh cites the need to hold accountable authorities who, in his assessment, "have used the apparatus of the State for political and repressive purposes."
Accusations related to Refit and Operation Carbon Chain
In addition to the police operation, the congressman included in his request a mention of Operation Carbon ChainThe operation, launched by the Federal Revenue Service to investigate irregularities in the import and sale of fuels, saw Lindbergh accuse the government of Cláudio Castro of protecting "criminals linked to Refit," the Manguinhos refinery in the North Zone of Rio, which had been shut down after the operation.
“Instead of supporting the actions of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) and the Federal Police, the Rio de Janeiro state government, through the State Attorney General's Office (PGE-RJ), filed a lawsuit to reopen Refit, which was shut down as a result of Operation Hidden Carbon,” the parliamentarian stated in a note.
The request also calls for the lifting of tax, banking, and telephone secrecy for the governor and refinery administrators. According to Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, the Federal Revenue Service's action involved "the largest cargo seizure in the history of the Federal Revenue Service," totaling 200 million liters of fuel.
Supreme Court upholds suspension of refinery activities.
On the same day that Lindbergh filed the request, the president of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Minister Herman Benjamin, overturned the decision of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ) that had authorized the resumption of Refit's activities. The suspension of operations, ordered in September, remains valid while the investigations of Operation Carbon Chain continue.
