Targeted last Saturday (14), , 56, earned the nickname “Cid de ” due to his proximity to .
Peregrino is not mentioned as one of those officially investigated, but the PF carried out search and seizure warrants against him on the same day that it arrested the former minister of (PL).
The Army colonel accompanied Walter Braga Netto throughout the . He was a press officer at , and went to the headquarters of , in Brasília, when the reserve general began to command the party’s institutional relations, in 2023.
In recent months, the soldier acted as an advisor to district deputy Thiago Manzoni (PL), but continued his work of assisting Braga Netto in his defense in the investigation into the coup plot.
He tells interlocutors that the help to Braga Netto was given out of loyalty and camaraderie, since the two lived together for the last few months. He did not receive resources for this assistance.
With an informal link with Braga Netto and without being formally investigated by the PF, Peregrino spoke to those being investigated for the coup plot and articulated defense strategies for the general and his indicted allies, according to the report.
He worked behind the scenes in conversations with the military personnel closest to Braga Netto, which includes generals Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and admiral Almir Garnier Santos, former commander of the Navy.
One of his jobs, after the elections, was to train Heleno for the testimony that the general gave at the National Congress, last year.
On Saturday, the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) prohibited Peregrino from speaking to other people being investigated. The determination was requested by the Federal Police and had the approval of the (Attorney General’s Office).
The main element listed by the PF that implicates Peregrino in the coup plot are documents found on the reserve colonel’s desk in February, during searches at the PL headquarters, in Brasília.
One of the documents contained a list of questions and answers about the denunciation of the lieutenant colonel, Bolsonaro’s former aide-de-camp.
“The context of the document reveals that, possibly, questions were asked about the content of the collaboration agreement made by Mauro Cid at police headquarters, which would have [sic] were initially answered, by the employee himself, in red”, says the Federal Police.
Braga Netto was preventively arrested on Saturday on suspicion of obstruction of justice. According to the PF, the general tried to obtain confidential details of Mauro Cid’s accusation through the informant’s father, General Mauro Lourena Cid, to hinder the investigations.
The material found intersperses personal considerations with first-person sentences, suggesting that the statements were made by Cid himself.
“I didn’t go into meetings. I just brought people in,” says an excerpt from the document found on Peregrino’s desk.
The researchers also found a handwritten document on Peregrino’s desk with the title “Operation 142”. He alluded to article 142 of the Federal Constitution, which defines the functions of the Armed Forces.
Radical Bolsonarists see the constitutional article as a loophole for the Armed Forces to act as a type of moderating power for the Republic. The.
The manuscript in Peregrino’s possession had a series of topics that made a coup possible. The document spoke of “annulment of elections”, “extension of mandates”, “replacement of all [Tribunal Superior Eleitoral]” in addition to other undemocratic actions to ensure that “Lula does not climb the ramp”.
The colonel told people close to him that the documents were not produced to plan coups d’état or even describe conversations with Mauro Cid, which would not have occurred.
According to the military’s allies, the documents were a way of putting on paper what was in the press about Cid’s accusation and the details of the coup plan to know how to advise Braga Netto in light of the scenario.
The general published a press release after the PF revealed his advisor’s material. “The documents, notes, drafts, press reports served as preparatory material for responding to press demands and, mainly, for preparing people to appear before Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry”, says the note.
A Sheet he was unable to locate Peregrino’s defense. Braga Netto’s lawyers preferred not to comment. In a statement released on Saturday, the general’s defense said it would comment on the case file.
“With the belief in the observance of due legal process, we will have the opportunity to prove that there was no obstruction to the investigations”, he concluded.
An infantry colonel, graduated from Aman (Agulhas Negras Military Academy) in 1989, Peregrino left battalion command in 2018 to work at the Army Social Communication Center. In 2019, he accompanied his former boss, General Otávio Rêgo Barros, when he was appointed to be the spokesperson for the Bolsonaro government.
Even with the , Peregrino stayed. He participated in Braga Netto’s management at the Civil House and the Ministry of Defense.
