Accused of threatening Senator Randolfe Rodrigues arrested with arsenal of weapons in Macapá

Gabriel Abreu- Cenarium Magazine

MANAUS – The Federal Police (PF) fulfilled on Thursday, 22, two search and seizure warrants against businessman Julio Farias, accused of threatening the Senator of the Republic Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP). The warrants were issued by the 12th Federal Criminal Court of the Federal District. During the search, which included the participation of legislative police officers of the Federal Senate, the PF seized ten firearms, including rifles, shotguns, revolvers, and pistols, as well as 3,153 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, which were legal, but had their carrying of guns /gun possession suspended by court decision.

The Federal Court also imposed on Júlio Farias the suspension of authorization to carry and possess firearms registered in the name of the investigated. In the decision, the investigated must also keep a minimum distance of two hundred meters from the parliamentarian. The complaint was made on November 19, after the businessman made a video in which he appears dressed in green and yellow, calling the senator a “gazelle”, with homophobic offences and threats of aggression.

The businessman was arrested in flagrante for illegal possession of accessory of restricted use, because he had a silencer for the rifle bought on the internet, without legal authorization. After the procedure at the Federal Police, the individual will be forwarded to a custody hearing, where he will be available to Justice.

Threats

In November, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP) triggered the Legislative Police of the Federal Senate against the businessman from Amapá who threatened to physically assault him. Owner of a network of gas stations that bears his name, the bolsonarist Júlio Farias used bad language and made homophobic offences against Randolfe in a video posted on social networks.

“Oh, gazelle, I’ll tell you something: the day I meet with you and you tell me ‘you lost, mané’, you’re going to get your ass kicked. Disgusting slut”, Farias said.

The businessman referred to an argument between the senator and a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) at Cairo airport in Egypt last week. “Let me tell you something: you lost, mané” Randolfe said at the time, in response to provocations made by the woman.