The PSOL bench in the Chamber will send a letter to the Ministry of Defense, asking for the extinction of the Army Special Forces battalion, the soldiers known as “black kids”. Parliamentarians also intend to submit an information request to obtain details on the functioning and activities of the special battalions.
“Black Kids” is the name given to military personnel who graduated from the Brazilian Army’s Special Operations Course, trained to perform secret missions in hostile and politically sensitive environments. They are part of the so-called “elite” of the Armed Forces.
The – they are characterized as experts in unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, operations against irregular forces and counterterrorism.
According to PSOL members, the texts of the requests will be written over the weekend and must be sent this Monday (16).
The party’s requests come amid the , former minister of Jair Bolsonaro, which took place this Saturday (14). Braga Netto was detained by the Federal Police, accused of being one of the organizers of the alleged plan for a coup d’état following the results of the 2022 presidential elections.
According to testimony from Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro’s former aide-de-camp, Braga Netto handed over money to a military man, recognized as a “black kid”, to finance actions related to the coup plan.
“The general passed directly to the then Major Rafael de Oliveira, money in a wine bag, which would be used to finance the expenses necessary to carry out the operation”, states the STF decision that ordered Braga Netto’s arrest.
According to a PF report, military personnel, who would be “black kids”, would be responsible for executing a plan to kill the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and vice Geraldo Alckmin (PSB).
Interferences in the investigation
The Federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) stated, in a statement, that the
Still in the same statement, Cid confirmed that Braga Netto and “other intermediaries” contacted his father by phone to find out information about the award-winning collaboration signed by the former aide-de-camp.
and was Bolsonaro’s vice-president in the 2022 elections. He is currently a reserve general. He joined the Army in 1974, at 17 years old.
