Former chief of operations of the Brasilia Military Police, Jorge Eduardo Naime.

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The Federal Police of Brazil arrested this Tuesday the former chief of operations of the Military Police of Brasilia, Jorge Eduardo Naime, and three agents for the omission of their duties during the coup attempts reported on January 8.

Naime, dismissed from his position on January 10, had requested a work permit days before the riots and, although he was out of Brasilia, had to return to control the Bolsonaristas.

The arrest is part of the fifth phase of the Lesa Patria operation, which began after receiving the approval of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), in which three temporary arrest warrants and one preventive detention were executed.

Major Flavio Silvestre de Alencar, Captain Josiel Pereira César and Lieutenant Rafael Pereira Martins were also arrested, accused of facilitating Bolsonarista access to the headquarters of the three powers.

The former Secretary of Public Security and former Minister of Justice during the Jair Bolsonaro Administration, Anderson Torres, was previously arrested, accused of the crimes of mission and collusion.

The current Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, said that the Federal Police “continues to investigate the events that occurred on January 8.

The findings are delivered to the Judiciary and the Public Ministry so that they can take the corresponding measures.”

In Brazil, more than 1,800 accused of "violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d'état, qualified damage, criminal association, incitement to crime and destruction of protected property" have been arrested.

More than a third remain in detention.

(With information from teleSUR)