The seven soldiers of the Republican National Guard (GNR) who belonged to the Detachment of Vila Nova de Milfontes of the Territorial Command of Beja (CTBeja) accused of mistreatment and kidnapping of immigrants and who were suspended from office return to active duty.
In 7 January this year, os militares tinham sido alvo de uma suspensão provisória imposta pela então ministra da Administração Interna, Francisca Van Dunem, que seguiu as propostas da Inspeção-Geral da Administração Interna (IGAI) que recomendava que além das suspensões, by 90 dias e que podiam ser prolongadas pelo mesmo perÃodo, o desarmamento foi outra das medidas aplicadas.
De acordo com a edição online do jornal Expresso, os sete militares tinham sido suspensos depois de terem sido tornadas públicas imagens de agressões a trabalhadores indostânicos. Como as medidas eram provisórias e o prazo de suspensão caducou os militares voltaram ao ativo na GNR. Os sete arguidos começam a ser julgados no próximo dia 30 the Court of Beja.
The return of the military was confirmed to Lidador NotÃcias (LN) by a source from the CTBeja Communication and Public Relations Office, who added that “none of the seven elements is placed in the area of ​​this command, being unknown the places where they exercise serviceâ€, We concluded our interlocutor.
The investigation of the case was carried out by the Judiciary Police. (PJ) of Setúbal was revealed by LN in 22 September 2020, when there were still only four defendants and started following the arrests of five soldiers that took place in 2019, four from the Vila Nova de Milfontes Post and one from Odemira.
The inspectors seized the cell phones of the defendants, having detected photos and videos where Asian citizens were forced to do push-ups, jumping jacks and crawling both outside and inside the post. After glimpsing the images, the case was forwarded to the Odemira Public Prosecutor's Office, which extracted a certificate and ordered the investigation into an autonomous process.
Three of the military are involved in the first case judged by a Collective of Judges of the Court of Beja and in whose decision of 3 July 2020, the prison sentences, suspended in its execution. João Miguel Lopes was jailed for five years, while Rúben Candeias and Nelson Lima were sentenced to four years and three years and six months in prison, each.
Crimes of which they are accused
Reuben Candeias, of 26 born in Beja, He is accused of 11 crimes, six of which are offenses against qualified physical integrity, four of abuse of power and one of kidnapping.
Nelson Lima, of 30 anos de Lajes-Praia da Vitória, Diogo Ribeiro, of 29 anos de Arnóia-Celorico de Basto, and Nuno Andrade, of 33 anos de Caçarilhe-Celorico de Basto, are accused of five crimes each, namely one of abuse of power and four of offense to qualified physical integrity.
Joao Miguel Lopes, of 31 anos da Guarda, He is charged with three crimes, one of abuse of power, one of offense to qualified physical integrity and one of kidnapping.
Carlos Figueiredo, of 32 anos da Guarda, and Paulo Cunha, of 27 born in Porto, are accused of two crimes each, namely one of abuse of power and one of offense to qualified physical integrity.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist
