Convicted in Brazil for attempted coup d’état and who are now trapped in the UOL who are victims of violations of those in detention in the neighboring country.
They complain of lack of medical care, insufficient food, dirt, lack of hygiene and threat of death of other detainees.
Sought, the government and the Argentine did not speak.
Currently, five fugitives from 8/1 are arrested in Argentina – all with extradition request and all refuge applicants in the neighboring country. O. They were arrested in Brazil, but fled the country, as revealed the UOL. In Argentina, they were arrested again by.
No human rights, says biker
The biker, 35, is one of them. Sentenced to 17 years in Brazil, he was arrested in Argentina on November 18, days after mocking the extradition request made by the Minister of (Federal Supreme Court).
Arrested in the Ezeiza Penitentiary Complex, in the Metropolitan Region of, Firmino spoke to the report in late March through a fixed telephone of jail. He said he spent his first 49 days in a jaundry jail in the Argentine northwest, near where he was arrested trying to escape to a group of Brazilians who succeeded in the contract.
“My 49 days stuck [na carceragem de Jujuy] It was a thousand times worse than my 11 months in Papuda [penitenciária em Brasília]”, said the biker.
“A place that does not have the least human rights,” complained Firmino. “It was a lonely cell, which had no bathroom, there was only a hole in the floor and a shin to take a shower, a little water that you have no idea what it was … Penilong everywhere.”
On January 6, Firmino was transferred from Jujuy’s jail to the Ezeiza Penitentiary Complex. There, he is stuck with the others in a kind of “residence” with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, refrigerator and open TV. The other detainees are, and Rodrigo Ramalho.
Firmino reports having hurt his arm in a motorcycle accident, which, he said, resulted in the placement of metal pins. He says he needs to have surgery, but that the penitentiary does not release the service. “I have my right arm without strength, with constant pain.”
Sunshine
Application delivery Rodrigo Ramalho injured the knee meniscus and broke the ligaments in jail in Ezeiza when he suffered a fall, he said he reported UOL.
Convicted in Brazil, he. In a letter sent from the prison to the ASFAV (Association of Families of Investigators of January 8) on March 21, Ramalho narrated that he cannot even make an X-ray.
“A month ago [que houve a lesão] And they didn’t even take the x-ray. I’m waiting for resonance, x-ray, physical therapy and consultation with orthopedics, “he wrote. Before he arrived at Ezeiza, Rodrigo says he was detained at a police station in La Plata, Buenos Aires region, without access to sunbathing and food. He was in the same place with Joelton Gusmão.
“I spent 53 days locked in a cell without sunshine, without food, without medical care. Only with the help of the family […] I feel abandoned, forgotten in a foreign country, “said the delivery man in written letter from the prison.
Trucker Joel Borges, 46, told the UOL who bathed every five days in a jail of San Luiz province, in a “2 mx cell 1.40 m, a dog house.”
Detenta says he was stolen in jail
Of the chain, marketing analyst Ana Paula de Souza, 36, told the UOL by phone that feels daily pain in the breasts. According to reports from three doctors, she removed benign breast nodules in 2022 and, since the following year, was diagnosed with chronic autoimmune disease called Hashimoto thyroiditis.
Ana Paula needs to take constant medication and needs the evaluation of hormonal dosage from time to time, according to health professionals who took care of her in Brazil.
She also told the UOL who can’t get medical attention for daily pain and that the penitentiary does not allow her to take exams, even if she pays her pocket. The family provides the hormones it should take regularly.
“The Diclofenac [analgésico] It softens the twinges, but it doesn’t solve, “he said.” And a normal person doesn’t have to take pain medicine every day in his life, right? I’m worried because I already had lumps [nos seios]I was already operated. “
Sentenced in Brazil, she was arrested on November 28 in Argentina. Ana Paula was in the first wing of the Ezeiza Women’s Penitentiary for three months. “It has happened to steal my things: clothes, food, phone credits.”
Without giving details, Ana Paula said that in this wing she was threatened with death by a detainee she thinks she was under the influence of drugs. The second intimidation came from two other prisoners, one of them prosecuted for murder.
Days after the threats, Ana Paula says she had a panic crisis and passed out. He reported that he was taken to the Penitentiary Medical Center, where he spent three days. She was removed from there and taken to a second wing.
Justice denied Ana Paula’s release, arguing that there is danger of escape. Its defense intends to appeal and claims that local legislation prevents extradition in the event of political persecution. “These people are not ordinary delinquents: they are persecuted politicians,” said lawyer Pedro Gradin. Already the prosecution of Argentina understands that there is no doubt that the five have fled from Brazil and that there are robust evidence of the crimes committed.
Gradin, a lawyer for Ana Paula and Borges, said the prison situation in Argentina is collapse. “There are people who need medical care and spend months without consultations,” he said, citing information from the National Penitentiary Attorney, independent of the legislature.
Food lacks, they say prisoners
Ana Paula, Ramalho and Firmino also report lack of food in jail. They say they ask friends and family to buy food and take them to them. On the day of the interview with UOLFirmino said he received only one portion of pasta with tomato sauce. Rodrigo Ramalho’s plate would have only peas. Since he had additional food stock, Firmino said he appealed to a chicken egg.
“It’s a puree And a piece of, but it’s too small, “says Ana Paula. Another type of dish:” One and one, “she says. According to them, the prisoners receive only two meals, lunch and dinner. In the morning, only one mate tea is usually served, according to Firmino.
Firmino said he, Ramalho, Borges and Gusmão do not study or work because they are prohibited. They also do not do physical activities for lack of interest and health problems. The only book in the house is a Bible. The group only cheers up to watch movies on TV, which spend between 1h and 2h30.
Penitentiary service does not comment
All convicted in the January 8 attacks deny the crimes.
ASFAV states that it was not an attempt to coup d’état, only vandalism. Also, he says that not everyone has committed heritage crimes.
Sought, the SPF (Federal Penitentiary Service) of the Argentine Ministry of National Security UOL. The advisory stated that the questions should be directed to the judiciary. The report reiterated the questions through the Argentine Access to Information Act. The National Prosecutor’s Office also did not comment, as well as the 3rd Federal Criminal Court, which ordered the arrests of Brazilians.
Collaborated Amanda Cotrim, from UOL in Buenos Aires
