Flávio Bolsonaro reports over 1,800 death threats after proposing terror classifications

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) stated that he has received more than 1,800 death threats following his proposal to classify the PCC, Comando Vermelho (CV), and militias as terrorist organizations. He made the announcement during a live broadcast late Sunday night.

In recent months, Bolsonaro's campaign team, allies, and supporter profiles have suggested a potential assassination attempt against the presidential candidate, though they have not specified the source of the threats. Bolsonaro's team claims that 30 of these threats have prompted investigations by the Senate Federal Police, which currently handles his security in Brasília and during travel.

The candidate mentioned that authorities apprehended an individual planning an attack against him in Juiz de Fora on Monday. This incident follows Bolsonaro's decision in July to forgo the Federal Police (PF) escort previously assigned to him. He cited concerns about potential infiltrators among the agents, given that the PF is managed by an appointee of the PT party.

The narrative of a potential attack gained traction among Bolsonaro's allies after two key events. The first occurred during his visit to the United States, where he advocated for classifying criminal organizations as narcoterrorists at a White House meeting. The second followed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's remarks suggesting that "traitors of the homeland" should be hanged, which Bolsonaro's campaign interpreted as a veiled threat against him for perceived subservience to former U.S. President Donald Trump.

In response to further statements by Lula against "traitors of the homeland," Bolsonaro's campaign lawyers filed a petition with the Supreme Federal Court (STF), alerting them to repeated threats and incitement to violence allegedly made by Lula against the senator. The campaign's communication team has actively disseminated statements expressing fear for Bolsonaro's life due to "growing threats."

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You are seeing there. As soon as I said I would classify PCC, CV and militias as terrorist organizations, I have already received more than one thousand eight hundred death threats.