The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) granted on Tuesday (2) another 20 days for the conclusion of the investigation that investigates the death of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos after an approach by agents of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) in the city of Umbaúba, in Sergipe. The extension request was made by the Federal Police (PF).
According to the MPF, the investigations are in the final stage, leaving the conclusion resulting from the expertise, including the necroscopic report, by the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Sergipe and the National Institute of Criminalistics in Brasília. The investigation is expected to be completed by the end of August.
The initial report of the Instituto Medico-Legal confirmed the death by asphyxia and respiratory failure. Santos would have been approached after riding a motorcycle without a helmet. The man had mental disorders, according to family reports. Videos showed him being held in the trunk of a PRF car, which was filled with smoke.
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A 38-year-old man was killed during an approach by the Federal Highway Police in the city of Umbaúba, Sergipe, on Wednesday (25/6). Videos shared on social media show the PRF vehicle being used as a “gas chamber” with the victim trapped in the trunk.
Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, suffered from mental disorders, according to family reports. The initial report from the Legal Medical Institute confirmed the death from asphyxia and respiratory failure. The Civil and Federal police are investigating the case.
“The order to stop was given, he stopped, put the bike on the stand and answered all the commands. The policeman asked him to lift his shirt, he did it and said he had the medicine in his pocket and with the prescription indicating that he has mental problems, that’s when the policeman called for backup”, says Wallyson de Jesus, Genivaldo’s nephew.
According to Wallyson, two other officers arrived and started what his nephew called a “torture session.”
“They took him by the arms and legs. They wanted to put handcuffs on his feet, but it didn’t fit and they took a ribbon inside and tied it to him. They started stepping on it and after all that happened, they took my uncle, put it in the car and put a gas grenade”, says the victim’s nephew.
The images show two police officers holding Genivaldo inside the car, with his legs out.
According to Wallyson’s testimony, those present continued to tell officers that Genivaldo had health problems.
“The car full of tear gas inside and he in the trunk, it was when the population couldn’t stand that everyone was watching it and they started recording”, he reports.
Friends, family members of Genivaldo and residents of the city, 100 kilometers from Aracaju, staged a protest at the entrance to the city on Thursday morning (26), blocking the BR-101, where the approach took place.
The Federal Police issued a note informing that “it has launched an investigation to investigate death during police approach” and that steps are already being taken.
According to a note from the PRF, the “38-year-old man actively resisted an approach (…) Due to his aggressiveness, immobilization techniques and instruments with less offensive potential were used.”
Also according to the statement from the agency, “during the displacement, the approached came to feel sick and was immediately taken to the José Nailson Moura Hospital, where he was later treated and died.”
The PRF says it has opened disciplinary proceedings to investigate the conduct of the police.
Source: CNN Brasil
