Investigation coordinator revealed that, coincidence or not, received, when I investigated the case, Messages that led him to ask for police protection. Threatened him, for example, that it would be dissolved in acid.
Police who investigated the events of the FC Porto General Assembly say that there was a climate of fear that no one could freely express themselves. The agents were heard by the court during the trial of Operation Praetorian.
It was baptized as a prateolian operation an analogy to the guard responsible for the personal defense of the Roman emperors because, explained the investigation leader, it targeted individuals who protected a particular regime at all costs and the financial income that came from this.
Heard by VideoChamada, defended that on the night of the General Assembly of the “dragons”, to silence dissonant voices, A climate was created in which The fear reigns And no one could express themselves freely. Also revealed that, coincidence or not, received, when I investigated the case, Messages that led him to ask for police protection. Threatened him, for example, that it would be dissolved in acid.
None of the police heard so far You have doubts that The videos captured on the night of the meeting They are a strong proof that reveals the climate of intimidation and terror Created by the defendants. Researchers say that video surveillance images They also show that Fernando Madureira himself distributed partner cards and Porto Magna Meeting Bracelets.
The Praetorian Operation It was, in the words of the agent who led her, a complex operation Made in record time – 60 days – in a fight against time to avoid a climb of events.
Judgment started last week
The 12 defendants of Operation Praetorian began, on March 17, to be held responsible for 31 crimes at the São João Novo Court, in Porto, under a strong police apparatus nearby.
At question are 19 coercion and aggravated threat, seven offense to physical integrity in the scope of sports spectacle, one of public instigation to a crime, another of throwing objects or liquid products, and three of the freedom of information, around FC Porto’s AG in November 2023.
Among the dozen defendants, Fernando Madureira is the only one in pre -trial detention, the strongest measure of coercion, while the rest were released in different phases.
