The President (PT) summoned to the Planalto Palace the heads of (Brazilian Intelligence Agency), Luiz Fernando Corrêa, and Da, Andrei Rodrigues, to charge explanations about an operation of. The meeting was described as tense.
Lula called the two directors after a secret Abin action of hacked upper -ranked Paraguayan authorities amid negotiations on those of the Itaipu plant became news. The information was released by UOL at the end of March.
The hearing occurred in Lula’s office after it attributed the operation to the management of (). According to reports, the meeting was conflicted and was even interpreted as an interim between Corrêa and Rodrigues.
PF investigators point out that the spy action against Paraguay would have continued during the first months of the Lula administration, with the knowledge of Corrêa. The current direction of ABIN, in turn, claims that it had the operation interrupted.
Within the government, Corrêa and Rodrigues are considered rivals. The main divergence is PF’s inquiry into the so -called “parallel abin”. Corrêa’s group states that the investigation has political motivations, while police see ABIN’s head’s movements to obstruct the findings.
He also attended the meeting with Lula the head of, Rui Costa, whom Abin is subordinate and to whom the agency’s director general reports.
According to reports, in addition to the details of the alleged espionage, the directors of ABIN and PF also discussed, in the presence of the president and the minister, the leakage of the operation. The Federal Police opened an inquiry into the disclosure of information.
The hacking of the Authorities of the Age Age from the PF in the context of the investigation into the agency’s equipment in the Bolsonaro government.
This inquiry is under confidentiality in the Supreme Court Supreme Court. Agents accompanying the investigation point out that dozens of people, especially investigated lawyers, had access to the testimonials of the case.
At the meeting with Lula, Andrei Rodrigues would have presented elements that point out that former Abin number 2 of Alessandro Moretti, authorized the continuity of the operation. Corrêa, according to the same evidence, would have given his endorsement – as reported the server he deposed to the PF.
In the note he issued on the episode, the government denied the deponent’s information. He stated that the lawsuit was authorized in June 2022 by the Bolsonaro government and made it ineffective by Moretti on March 27, 2023, “as soon as the current management became aware of the fact.”
“President Lula’s government categorically denies any involvement in intelligence action, reported today against Paraguay, a member country of and a close partnership,” said Itamaraty.
To distance Corrêa from the case, Itamaraty’s note states that at the time he had already been nominated by the president for the Obin Directorate-General, but was not yet occupied because his name had not yet been.
At the meeting, Rodrigues would have contested the terms of the note, which had been released by Itamaraty with information provided by Corrêa himself.
Investigators are suspicious of Corrêa’s role in the case and claim to be elements to demonstrate that he already gave ABIN orders before being approved by the Senate.
Corrêa and Moretti provide (17). Sought, the PF stated that it would not comment on the reports of the meeting. Abin did not respond until the publication of this report, as well as the Planalto Palace.
The lawsuit against Paraguay would have occurred months before the Brazilian government closed a new agreement on the May 2024. The PF opened an investigation to investigate the operation and the.
The association representing ABIN servers, Intelis, issued a note on Wednesday night (16) with criticism of the PF. The group speaks of “political interests” and “delegitimization of state intelligence”.
“It is inadmissible and harmful to the purposes of a large nation such as Brazil that a campaign for the disbelief of its intelligence service is led, not by adverse foreign actors, but by groups from the national public administration itself,” says the association.
