Silvinei Vasques
Silvinei Vasques | |
|---|---|
Vasques in 2023 | |
| Director General of the Federal Highway Police | |
| In office 7 April 2021 – 20 December 2022 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Aggio |
| Succeeded by | Antônio Oliveira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1975 Ivaiporã, Brazil |
Silvinei Vasques (born 9 January 1975) is a Brazilian politician serving as secretary of social development and innovation of São José in 2025.[1] From 2021 to 2022, he served as director general of the Federal Highway Police.[2]
In December 2025, Vasques was arrested in Asunción, Paraguay after cutting his ankle monitoring device and escaping Brazil,[3] while he was awaiting sentencing by the Supreme Federal Court for the January 8 attempted coup against the Lula administration. Vasques was arrested with a fake passport and a card that claimed that he could not speak because of a brain cancer treatment that left him deaf and mute.[4] He had tried to board a flight at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport to Panama on his way to El Salvador. He was subsequently extradited to Brazil.[5]
References
- ^ "Silvinei Vasques vira secretário em SC". O Tempo (in Portuguese). 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Bolsonaro exonera Silvinei Vasques da diretoria da PRF". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 December 2022.
- ^ Sadi, Andréia; Coelho, Henrique. "Ex-diretor da PRF Silvinei Vasques é preso no Paraguai". g1 Globo.
- ^ Serapião, Fabio. "Silvinei carregava carta sobre suposto câncer e tratamento em El Salvador". UOL.
- ^ "Key Bolsonaro ally arrested in Paraguay while trying to flee to El Salvador". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 December 2025.