Former director general of the PRF tried to board a flight from Paraguay to El Salvador on Friday (Dec 26) and was detained
The former director general of the PRF (Federal Highway Police) Silvinei Vasques arrived this Saturday (Dec 27, 2025), at around 1:30 pm, in Brasília. He arrived on Friday (Dec 26, 2025) at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, in Asunción, Paraguay, when trying to board a flight to El Salvador. It was transferred from Foz do Iguaçu (Paraná) to the federal capital.
The defense asked the minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) Alexandre de Moraes that he be imprisoned in Santa Catarina, where he lives. If this request is not met, the lawyers ask that he stay in the 19th Military Police Battalion, called “Papudinha”, in Brasília. Read the of the defense request (195 kB –PDF).
Silvinei Vasques (in a blue t-shirt) disembarks in Brasília
“The definition of the place of custody, especially in the context of precautionary detention, must observe strictly technical and individualized criteria, compatible with the instrumental nature of the measure, which cannot be confused with anticipation of a sentence nor lends itself to symbolic purposes”says Silvinei’s defense.
Lawyers talk about family ties and prerogatives, such as being a Military Police reservist, to make the request. Preferably, the defense requests that Silvinei be held in custody in São José (SC) or Florianópolis (SC).
“If, however, Your Excellency considers custody in the Federal District to be essential, it is requested, in a subsidiary manner, that the collection takes place in the unit known as ‘Papudinha’, equipped with a structure compatible with cases of high institutional exposure, reducing objective risks to the integrity of the custodian”says the defense.
Silvina by the STF to 24 years and 6 months in prison for attempted coup d’état. He is considered one of those responsible for blocking the traffic of voters from the Northeast on the highways during the 2nd round of the 2022 presidential elections.
In the image, the moment when the plane with Silvinei Vasques arrives in Brasília
