In recent days, the Federal Police have been investigating crimes of electoral corruption and vote buying. (Image: Archive/Agência Brasil)
This Sunday (6) the first round of elections municipal councils in 2024, when mayors and councilors will be defined. The voting period began at 8 am and lasts until 5 pm.
In recent days, the Federal Police has been triggering crimes of electoral corruption and vote buying with the use of distribution of fuel. On Saturday (5), twelve search and seizure warrants were executed in the cities of Fortaleza and Paracuru, in Ceará. Itacoatiara, in Amazonas, had three search and seizure warrants.
In Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, the Federal Police arrested 24 people for attempting to buy votes. The police seized R$63,044, a car stickered with an advertisement for one of the candidates for mayor and a pistol with two chargers. Furthermore, a list was found with the names of voters who would supposedly receive money to sell their votes.
In the early hours of this Sunday, the PF also caught the practice of spilling saints” — candidate pamphlets — near the main electoral colleges in Rondonópolis (MT).
*Material being updated