Roberto Jefferson

2022 - 10 - 24

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Bolsonaro supporter fires on police, throws grenades as election ... (The Washington Post)

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian former congressman and supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro fired a rifle and threw grenades at federal police officers who ...

In a video posted to social media, Jefferson said he had fired a gun but he did not intend to injure the officers. “Hate, violence and disrespect of the law,” Lula tweeted. He resisted arrest using “firearms and explosives,” they said, including a grenade that injured two officers with shrapnel, the police said. Jefferson barricaded himself in his home in the rural municipality of Comendador Levy Gasparian for eight hours, authorities said. Lula has maintained a narrowing lead in head-to-head polls throughout the campaign, but Bolsonaro and some of his allies and supporters have suggested they won’t accept an election loss. Roberto Jefferson, who boasted in 2020 of a personal friendship with Bolsonaro, was under house arrest when police converged on his home in Rio de Janeiro state.

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Brazilian politician attacks police with rifle and grenades, wounding ... (The Guardian)

Bolsonaro ally Roberto Jefferson said he was resisting arrest 'in the name of freedom, democracy and family values'

However, the veteran leftist narrowly failed to secure an overall majority of votes, meaning he and Bolsonaro will face off in a second round vote next Sunday. “Democracy and civilisation will prevail over barbarity,” he tweeted, expressing solidarity with the wounded officers. He also sought to distance himself from his ally, claiming falsely that no photographs of the pair existed. But a nationwide outcry appeared to force him to harden his stance for fear of alienating moderate voters before next Sunday’s election run-off with the former leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Jefferson was jailed in August 2021 as part of an investigation into anti-democratic social media mobs but was granted house arrest in January. Two officers reportedly sustained non-fatal shrapnel wounds, while photographs showed a federal police vehicle riddled with bullet holes.

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Jair Bolsonaro ally Roberto Jefferson throws grenades, shoots at ... (ABC News)

Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson says he did not shoot to hit anyone, although two officers were wounded by grenade shrapnel.

It is not normal behaviour". I shot their car and near them. "I didn't shoot anyone to hit them.

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Brazil politician Roberto Jefferson throws grenades at police in Rio ... (The National)

Two police officers hurt as former congressman resisted arrest using 'firearms and explosives'

Two officers were “wounded by shrapnel from a grenade”. A machine to destroy democratic values. They have created a violent faction in society.

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Brazilian politician throws grenades at police during arrest (The Times)

Federal police had a warrant to arrest Roberto Jefferson, an ally of President Bolsonaro, for insulting and threatening the country's top judge. But when they ...

A Brazilian politician shot and threw grenades at police who came to arrest him during a siege at his home in Rio de Janeiro state. Federal police had a warrant to arrest Roberto Jefferson, an ally of President Bolsonaro, for insulting and threatening the country’s top judge. Brazilian politician throws grenades at police during arrest

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Politician in Brazil Throws Grenades at Cops Arriving to Arrest Him ... (Expat Guide Turkey)

Roberto Jefferson, one of the allies of the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, threw a hand grenade at the police who came to his house to arrest ...

Political tensions escalate ahead of the election, in which Bolsonaro and left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are contesting. Jefferson was currently under house arrest for threatening the Chief Justice. According to the poll results, Lula seems to be ahead of the second round.

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Bolsonaro-Ally Attacks Police with Gun, Hurls Grenade to Prevent ... (News18)

A former Brazilian congressman with ties to President Jair Bolsonaro shot and threw grenades at police officers, injuring two, in a failed attempt to ...

A machine to destroy democratic values. They have created a violent faction in society. “Whoever shoots at the Federal Police is a bandit," he said during a television interview on Sunday night, while insisting he had no ties with Jefferson, who in 2020 said the president was his “personal friend."

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Analysis: Police showdown with Bolsonaro ally amplifies Brazil ... (Reuters)

A violent showdown between an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro and police over the weekend is stirring an already febrile election campaign in Brazil, ...

In a short video address late on Sunday, Bolsonaro said anyone who shoots at police is a "bandit," adding that his thoughts were with the injured officers. "What is his authorization to carry grenades?" "How does someone cited in several criminal cases have an authorization to register weapons, including an automatic rifle?" "Hatred, violence and disrespect of the law. Police have long been core supporters of the president's tough-on-crime rhetoric and are deeply divided over Sunday's incident, officers told Reuters. Jefferson's conduct poses a major headache for the right-wing Bolsonaro, as he seeks to clinch re-election against leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in an Oct.

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Bolsonaro's Ally Throws grenade and Shoots at Policemen (Folha de S.Paulo)

Ex-deputy resisted the arrest by throwing a grenade and shooting at police officers ... Former deputy Roberto Jefferson (PTB) was arrested by the Federal Police ...

He, who is under house arrest with an ankle monitor was the target of a police operation ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court). During the morning, he reacted to the police approach and fired shots. Former deputy Roberto Jefferson (PTB) was arrested by the Federal Police on Sunday evening (23) and taken to the corporation's superintendence in Rio de Janeiro.

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Brazilian politician, Roberto Jefferson is in custody after throwing grenades at police officers who came to arrest him.

Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the politician to be detained on the grounds that he violated the conditions of house arrest. According to BBC, a Supreme Court judge had previously ordered his detention for insulting Chief Justice Cármen Luca. Brazilian politician, Roberto Jefferson is in custody after throwing grenades at police officers who came to his house in Rio de Janeiro state to arrest him.

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Bolsonaro denies relationship with longtime ally who shot at police ... (MSN UK)

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has come out to deny that he maintains any kind of relationship with his known ally, former Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) ...

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