The former director of the Federal Highway Police, Silvinei Vasques, left the Federal Police headquarters in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, this Saturday morning (27) and is being transferred to Brasília.
Silvinei Vasques spent the night at the headquarters of the Federal Police station in Foz do Iguaçu after being handed over by the Paraguayan police to the Brazilian authorities on the Ponte da Amizade, which connects the city of Paraná to Ciudad del Leste.
Sentenced to 24 years and six months in prison in the criminal case of nucleus 2 of the coup plot, the former director was under house arrest, but broke his electronic ankle monitor and fled to the neighboring country to avoid serving his sentence. The escape occurred in the early hours of Christmas.
After being informed about the escape, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), ordered the preventive detention of the former director of the PRF.
According to the PF, the ankle bracelet stopped emitting a GPS signal around 3 am on Thursday (25). Agents then went to the former director’s apartment, located in São José, Santa Catarina, and found that he was not at home.
After checking the building’s camera system, agents concluded that he was in the apartment until 7:22 pm on Christmas Eve, Wednesday (24).
CCTV footage showed Vasques placing bags in the boot of a car. He was wearing black sweatpants, a gray t-shirt and a black cap.
The former director traveled around 1,300 km in a rented car. The route included leaving São José (SC), passing through Foz do Iguaçu (PR) and entering Paraguay, reaching the capital, Assunção.
