A told the (Supreme Federal Court) that he could include the lieutenant colonel in the threatened witness protection program to guarantee the soldier’s safety.
The minister sent the PF’s suggestion to the (Attorney General’s Office), for a statement within five days.
The protection of Cid and his family was one of the points agreed between the military and the Federal Police. In an excerpt from the document, the lieutenant colonel called for “Federal Police action to ensure the safety of employees and their families.”
The Federal Police’s suggestion was mentioned by Moraes in an order this Friday (14). “The Federal Police, in turn, reported that, as an essential action to preserve the physical integrity of the defendant and his family members, it is possible to include them in the Federal Assistance Program for Threatened Victims and Witnesses”, he says.
According to the Federal Police, the witness protection program consists of “a set of measures adopted by the Union with the aim of providing protection and assistance to people threatened or coerced due to their collaboration with investigations or criminal proceedings”.
Victims, witnesses and co-defendants who are coerced are entitled to the program, those exposed to a serious threat due to their collaboration with an investigation or criminal prosecution.
Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid was sentenced to two years of open prison for participating in the central core of the coup plot. Last week, the soldier removed his electronic ankle bracelet and began serving his sentence.
He needs to complete a series of procedures during his open sentence. They are:
- Prohibition of being absent from the district and home confinement at night (between 8pm and 6am) and entirely on weekends;
- Obligation to appear weekly before the Court of Criminal Executions of the Federal District, on Mondays, or subsequent business day, in case of a holiday, to inform and justify their activities;
- Prohibition of being absent from the country, maintaining the cancellation of passports issued by the Federative Republic of Brazil in the name of the person being investigated, as well as the obligation to deliver the passports to the Court of Criminal Executions of the Federal District;
- Immediate suspension of any firearms possession documents in the name of the person being investigated, as well as any Registration Certificates to carry out firearms collecting, sport shooting and hunting activities;
- Prohibition of carrying weapons;
- Prohibition of using social networks;
- Prohibition of communicating with the defendants of Criminal Actions 2,668/DF, 2,693/DF, 2,694/DF and 2,696/DF and with those investigated in Pet 12,100/DF, whatever the stage they are in, by any means of communication.
