The Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF4), headquartered in Porto Alegre, decided today (13) to reinstate the arrest warrant against lawyer Rodrigo Tacla Duran, defendant for the crime of money laundering in one of the Lava Jato Operation processes. When analyzing an appeal by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against the decision of Judge Eduardo Appio, of the 13th Federal Court in Curitiba, who revoked the arrest warrant, the judges understood that the magistrate could not have taken the measure due to a decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) that had determined the suspension of the process against Duran, who lives in Spain and has dual citizenship. The arrest warrant was issued by the then judge Sergio Moro, who commanded the Lava Jato processes before leaving the judiciary. Last month, during a hearing with Eduardo Appio, Tacla Duran said that he was the target of persecution for not accepting being extorted during the process in which he is a defendant. Duran said he was sought out by a person who acted as a campaign handler for Moro’s campaign and a lawyer linked to his wife, Rosangela Moro, who would have offered a plea bargain during the investigations. From the mentions, Appio decided to send the case to the Supreme, the court responsible for analyzing issues involving parliamentarians with privileged jurisdiction. After the disclosure of the testimony, Senator Sérgio Moro (União-PR) said that he does not fear any investigation. “Since 2017 he has been making false accusations, without any proof, except for those that he himself manufactured”, he countered.
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