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Mário Machado arrested on April 25th.
Neonazi Mário Machado and former Judge Fonseca and Castro, leader of the far-right party rise, have already been released after being detained on April 25. Machado will enter the jail to serve a prison sentence in day.
Disacting at Rossio, Lisbon, led to the detention of the two men linked to the Portuguese far right after the PSP has banned The realization of one in the area of Martim Moniz, where many Muslim immigrants live.
The initiative of the former PNR, and the, led by Mario Machado, who joined the extremist movement habeas corpus, was seen as a provocation to the Muslim community who sees the pig as an unclean animal, and whose consumption is prohibited by the Quran.
The event was not authorized by PSP, after marking counter-mifestations to the same area. But the far right resolved Do not uphold the decision of PSP and refused to cancel the event.
The supporters of the range, habeas corpus and group 1143 eventually attended the scene, and were involved in Decatos with the policethrowing bottles and other objects against agents.
There were also confrontations with some elements of anti-fascist counter-mifestations who participated in the April 25 celebration parade.
Three people ended up being detainedincluding Fonseca and Castro, and four were identified.
Police admit that they can stop more people, noting that they are “Analyze the collected images” by the media.
Why were Mário Machado and Fonseca and Castro released?
Mário Machado and Fonseca and Castro will be heard by a judge next Monday.
PSP justified the release of the two men because the criminal frame for the crimes that they are suspected less than 5 years in prison.
Note that Mário Machado was convicted in May 2024, the two years and ten months in prison by discrimination and incitement to hatred Through social networks, after appealing to.
Mário Machado is an old acquaintance of Portuguese justice and has already served several arrest, namely for hatred crimes. He is The main figure of the Portuguese neonazi movement.
What crimes are in question?
Mário Machado and Rui Fonseca and Castro are suspected of Disobedience, resistance, coercion and threat to media.
The commander of the 1st Police Division of the PSP Metropolitan Command of Lisbon, Iúri Rodrigues, explains that he gave himself “The Voice of Detention” For Rui Fonseca and Castro after the former judge was verbally notified that “he would have to cease the event, because if he did not, he would incur a crime of disobedience.”
“Unfortunately, although this order has been reiterated several times did not fulfill“The commander adds, noting that while the former judge was taken from the place, people who accompanied him insurgentwhich motivated the intervention of PSP.
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🌹Rui Fonseca and Castro detained.
Machado Machado leaning against the wall and detained.— WalterDomingos (@WalterDomings)
Mário Machado threatened journalist
A Detention by Mario Machado It occurred when there was at Largo de São Domingos, “a very significant concentration” of a group that opposed the Earga-Te event, which motivated “Some disorders” and “aggressions”according to the commander.
“We tried to act promptly and made the arrest of another individual who was involved in the disorder and also threatened and tried to coerce a journalist ”note still Iúri Rodrigues.
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“Mario Machado tried to take me off the microphone and dictate what I could say…” LOL
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Fonseca and Costa says it is “political detainee”
After being released, the former judge was the only one who wanted to speak to the media, to say that it is a “political detainee” and attributing the blame for the disregard to the police.
This is not the first time Fonseca and Castro has had problems with the police. In September 2021, the former member insulted PSP agents during a demonstration of his supporters in front of the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM), after being expelled from the Order.
Fonseca and Castro became known as the negotiation judge for leading the main movement against vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic.
More recently, he was involved in a conflict regarding his son, being accused by the child’s ex-wife.
