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Beyond Removing Him as Federal Police Chief, Justice Mendonça Also Strips Andrei of His Police Delegate Role

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

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  • Supreme Federal Court Justice André Mendonça ordered the preventive removal of Andrei Rodrigues as head of Brazil’s Federal Police.
  • The decision also requires Rodrigues to leave his position as a Federal Police delegate during the same period.

Justice André Mendonça went beyond temporarily removing Andrei Rodrigues from the leadership of Brazil’s Federal Police. His decision also orders Rodrigues to step away from his position as a police delegate for the same period.

Mendonça, a justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, issued the decision on Tuesday, the 8th. It applies preventively to both roles, according to the report.

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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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