The suspect was arrested under an international arrest warrant issued in July by the Brazilian judicial authorities.
A 37-year-old man suspected of having sexually abused two children in Brazil between 2016 and 2019 was arrested on Monday in the Algarve by the Judicial Police (PJ) for extradition, the PJ announced Thursday.
The suspect was arrested under an international warrant issued in July by the Brazilian judicial authorities and will await the unfolding of the extradition process in pre -trial detention, by decision of the Court of Appeal of Évora.
According to PJ, the detainee is a foreign citizen, has been living for five years in Portugal and worked in the region of Lagos.
“Between 2016 and 2019, deliberately and consciously, together with other men, the suspect will have, for several occasions, abused of two children, in the region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”, needs the police force, adding that this .