Brazilian police open investigation into death threat against Lula

The request for investigation was made by delegate Andre Rodriguez, who coordinates the security of the flag bearer of the Workers’ Party, after sending an email to the Lula Institute, on October 3, in which a person confirms that he will be waiting for Lula at headquarters. From the establishment to assassinate him with eight pistol shots.

The Federal Police has opened at least three intimidation investigations against the former auto mechanic.

The first was created in the southern state of Santa Catarina, where businessman Luis Henrique Cristiani used his profile on social networks to post a video clip from a snapshot with the image of the ex-president.

Another investigation opened in São Paulo, analyzes the behavior of businessman Jose Sabatini, who appeared in a video posted on the Internet threatening Lula.

The PF team protecting the former labor leader recently asked his foundation to investigate a supporter of the far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro, who threatened to shoot the Labor leader.

A man wearing a hat with Bolsonaro written on it is shown in a video holding a firearm and shouting that he is waiting for Lola when he enters his 10-hectare unproductive area in Florianopolis, the capital of Santa Catarina, and fires a shot. This topic has been identified as Valter Lima da Costa.

Last August, the National Front sent an official letter to the institution’s regional oversight bodies with a list of the hardships they would face to protect the candidate for power in the campaign and elections.

The political and social scenario in which “the security operation will be carried out, among other misfortunes, will lead to extremist opponents and access to deadly weapons as a result of legal changes made in 2019”, after Bolsonaro took office, he noted, excerpts from the document.

The Public Order Foundation rated the presidential candidate’s vulnerability as a fifth grader, that is, how likely he was to be attacked.

To decide how to distribute that cash, the police took into account a risk scale ranging from one (lower risk) to five (higher).

Electoral justice confirmed that Lula won the first round of voting on October 2, with 48.43% of the vote, against Bolsonaro, who aspires to be re-elected to the Liberal Party and amounted to 43.20.

None of the candidates in this first round achieved an absolute majority of votes, i.e. more than half of the valid votes (excluding null votes and invalid votes), as required by Brazilian law to be elected.

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