The wife of the fugitive federal deputy (-RJ) stated, in a video published on social media, that she was subject to a search warrant issued by minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the (Supreme Federal Court), when she was embarking for the .
Rebeca said that her cell phone, computers and other items were seized. In a video report published yesterday on social media, she also said that the cell phone of one of her 7-year-old daughters was also taken by authorities. He also said that all his bags were removed from the flight and searched during the procedure.
Ramagem’s wife said that the warrant was carried out while she was getting on the plane, at Galeão airport, in Rio de Janeiro. The case happened, according to her, on the 17th. Rebeca said she was “surprised” by the court order. When contacted, the Federal Police declined to comment. The STF responded that it has no information on the matter.
Rebeca stated that the approach caused “panic” in the couple’s two daughters, one aged 7 and the other aged 14. “The embarrassment, fear and cowardice we experienced cannot be described,” he wrote.
Rebeca said she was not being investigated and that the only “illegal fact” pointed out for the approach was that she was Ramagem’s wife. Convicted by the STF for participating in the coup plot, the federal deputy is considered a fugitive and has been in the United States since September.
Rebeca called the action “illegal” and accused the STF of committing “abuses”. She has been a prosecutor for the State of Roraima since 2015 and has not taken leave from her position. On the 23rd, she announced that she moved to the United States to join her husband.
Rebeca has been on vacation since November 17th. In a post on social media, she said she went to the US with the aim of protecting her family. “We maintain the hope of one day returning to a Brazil where political-ideological choice is not treated as a crime,” he wrote.
Prosecutor receives a gross salary of R$46 thousand per month. She has been working in the Coordination of PGE-RR (Attorney General of the State of Roraima) in Brasília, responsible for the state’s judicial representation in the higher courts, since August 2020.
Her vacation period ends on Friday. In a statement, the PGE-RR said that, until November 14, it “acted regularly in the processes in which the state of Roraima appears as a party in the higher courts, carrying out its functions continuously and within the legal responsibilities of the position”.
The PF investigation indicates that the deputy had left the country for Boa Vista, capital of Roraima. According to UOL columnist Carla Araújo, the PF also found that he had gone to the United States via Venezuela or Guyana.
Sentenced to 16 years and 1 month in prison, Ramagem left the country clandestinely, according to investigators. In the ruling that condemned the former president (PL), Ramagem and other allies of the former president, Moraes made it clear that there was an order preventing the defendants from leaving the country and also for everyone to hand over their passports.
