Agents are also suspected of torturing 2 youths in Sergipe with kicks, threats and slaps; imprisonment can exceed 8 years
O MPF (Federal Public Ministry) denounced again on Monday (24.Oct.2022) the federal highway police involved in the approach that killed Genivaldo de Jesus Santos suffocated in an operation in Sergipe. This time, however, the complaints were motivated by another violent police action.
According to one statement from the MPF, William Noia and Paulo Nascimento are also accused of torturing 2 young people, one of them a minor. In the text, the recurrence of infractions demonstrates “repeated violent conduct”.
According to the MPF, they “subjected 2 young men to intense physical and mental suffering, through stomping, kicking, slapping and threats, as personal punishment for not having obeyed the order to stop and run away when they saw the police car”.
Proof of ill-treatment is based on medical reports that, according to the ministry, prove the complaint. In addition, 5 witnesses testified on behalf of those allegedly tortured.
In addition to the 2 suspects involved in Genivaldo’s death, another federal police officer was also denounced for the abuse.
The 3 were framed for the crime of torture, whose prison sentence varies from 2 to 8 years. However, when the crime is committed by public agents, the penalty can be increased from ⅙ to ⅓ of the period. If convicted, the accused lose their position as police officers.
DEATH OF GENIVALDO
The police officers’ approach in Umbaúba (SE) was on May 25, 2022 and was recorded on video by witnesses.
In the images released, agents of the PRF (Federal Highway Police) immobilize Genivaldo inside the trunk of the vehicle. It is possible to see a large amount of smoke and the man struggling with his legs, which were left outside the vehicle.
Watch (1min16s):
The preliminary report released by the IML (Legal Medical Institute) of Sergipe points “acute failure secondary to asphyxia” as the cause of Genivaldo’s death.
“Mechanical asphyxia is when there is an obstruction to the flow of air between the external environment and the lungs. This obstruction can occur through several factors and at this first moment it was not possible to establish the immediate cause of asphyxia, nor how it occurred”. Here’s the intact of the note (31 KB).
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