Judge Carlos Alexandre confirmed Azeredo Lopes’s accusation of denial of justice and malfeasance, personal favoring by an official, abuse of power and denial of justice, in a process that investigated the theft and staging of the finding of the stolen weaponry in the Tancos storehouses.
The Pronunciation Order (end of the investigation phase required by the defendants in which the judge decides whether there will be a trial and which crimes they answer for), was known today, after the end of the investigation phase, the Public Ministry (MP) has request that all defendants be tried for the crimes of which they were accused.
At the time, the prosecutor of the MP said she was convinced that several defenses agreed positions, in a process that she classified as “extremely singular”.
Among the accused are ex-defense minister Azeredo Lopes, ex-national director of the Military Judicial Police (PJM) Luís Vieira, ex-spokesman for that police Vasco Brazão, three GNR soldiers and ex-marine João Paulino , accused of a set of crimes ranging from terrorism, criminal association, denial of justice and malfeasance, falsification of documents, influence smuggling, abuse of power, receiving and detaining a prohibited weapon.
Nine of the defendants are accused of planning and executing the theft of military material from the national storerooms in Tancos and the remaining 14, including Azeredo Lopes and the two elements of the PJM, of the staging that was the basis for the recovery of the armament.
In the investigation phase, the defenses were able to counter the prosecutor’s arguments and deliver new evidence to Judge Carlos Alexandre.
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