Just over three months before authorizing the arrest of Filipe Martins for a trip to the United States that allegedly occurred on December 30, 2022, Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the **Supreme Federal Court (STF)** already had geolocation data indicating that the former Presidential Advisor for International Affairs was in Brazil on that date.
According to Federal Police (PF) investigations, Martins traveled to Orlando, Florida, as part of then-President Jair Bolsonaro's entourage. This trip was later used to support the claim that Martins had sought to flee justice amid an investigation into an alleged coup attempt.
In a report indicting suspects in what would be a coup plot, the police force even contradicted itself about Martins' trip.
Since the former advisor's arrest, his defense team has gathered a series of evidence that contradicts the PF's conclusions.
After lifting the confidentiality of Cid's collaboration and related documents, it is possible to identify orders from the magistrate showing that he possessed documents from TIM telecommunications company and also from Uber since October 2023 — in July of last year, Oeste revealed the evidence obtained by the defense, which had already been requested by Moraes months earlier, according to decisions by the STF justice himself.
Moraes' Orders Regarding Filipe Martins
On 10/24/2023, Moraes issued orders to the telecommunications operator and the transportation app to obtain Martins' whereabouts by determining "the lifting of confidentiality of Radio Base Station (RBSs), calls, data connections and portability history of telephone terminals, as well as the lifting of telematic confidentiality of geolocation data" of the former advisor and other investigated individuals.
Translation of the document excerpt:
In view of all that has been presented, based on articles 240, 311, and 312 of the Criminal Procedure Code, I DECREE:
(1) THE LIFTING OF CONFIDENTIALITY of ERBs, calls, data connections, and portability history of telephone terminals indicated as belonging to AMAURI FERES SAAD ((11) 93022-2630 - VIVO S.A.), FILIPE GARCIA MARTINS PEREIRA ((61) 98197-9020 - Tim S.A.; and (61) 98301-0786 - Tim S.A.) and JOSÉ EDUARDO DE OLIVEIRA E SILVA ((11) 94230-3026), with companies VIVO and TIM required to provide, within 24 (twenty-four) hours, the detailed records for the years 2022 and 2023 (6/1/2022 to 10/3/2023);
(1.1) that companies VIVO AND TIM provide, within 24 (twenty-four) hours, the telephone records for the years 2022 and 2023 (from 6/1/2022 to 10/3/2023), of the telephone terminals indicated as belonging to AMAURI FERES SAAD ((11) 93022-2630 VIVO S.A.), FILIPE GARCIA MARTINS
[Note: This is an excerpt from Justice Moraes' decision dated 10/24/2023, in which the STF judge mentions Martins' geolocation data]
Four days later, on 10/30/2023, the minister wrote the following: "The PF, with the objective of verifying the plausibility of the information brought forward, requested the lifting of RBS confidentiality, calls, data connections and portability history of the telephone terminals of Amauri Feres Saad, Filipe Garcia Martins Pereira and José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva, in addition to providing their telephone records, relating to the period from 6/1/2022 to 10/3/2023. In a decision of 10/24/2023, I granted the requests made by the police authority, endorsed by the Attorney General's Office."
Martins' defense has appealed to international organizations to denounce human rights violations in the case, arguing that the deprivation of liberty was used for political purposes.
STF's Position
The minister's office did not comment on why he ordered Martins' arrest based on the trip to the US if he had data since October regarding his location in Brazil for three months. The space, however, remains open for comment.
CREDIT: REVISTA OESTE
