It arrested it on Friday (13) (), former Minister of Tourism of the Government of (PL). The arrest occurred in Recife. In the same operation, in Brasilia, Lieutenant Colonel, a former Bolsonaro orders, was the target of searches.
The (Attorney General’s Office) had authorized a request from the PF to investigate Machado, in a play sent Tuesday (10) to the STF.
The suspicion is that Machado acted with the consulate of Portugal in Recife last month to obtain the dispatch of a Portuguese passport, according to suspicions of the PF.
In speech to journalists when he arrived at IML, Machado denied that he had made some request related to ICD.
“I didn’t kill, I didn’t travel drugs. I just asked for a passport for my father by phone here at the Recife Consulate,” Machado said. “I contacted, he went there in the consulate along with my brother.”
The purpose of Machado, according to the play signed by Attorney General Paulo Gonet, with information from the police, would be possible to leave the military from the national territory. The former minister, however, would not have succeeded in issuing the document.
Lawyer Célio Avelino, responsible for the defense of the former minister, told reporters on Friday (13) that Machado gave testimony to a Federal Police delegate.
In the early afternoon, the former minister went to the IML (Institute of Forensic Medicine) to perform body examination. From there he followed in the custody of federal police for the prison in Abreu e Lima, in Greater Recife.
Wanted earlier this week, Machado had already denied “he vehemently went to any consulate”. He added that he only maintained telephone contact in May with the Portuguese consulate to request a schedule to renew his father’s passport, “which was made after said request.”
Machado is known as the “accordionist” of the former modeler, participated in the politician’s lives and was president of Embratur. In 2022, he tried the position of senator by Pernambuco, but was not elected. He also competed for mayor of Recife in 2024 and lost.
He says Bolsonaro is his political mentor, whom he claims to be faithful. On social networks, it also defines itself as a conservative veterinarian and Christian.
