Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A Brazilian former police chief, who fled the country after he was convicted as an accomplice in the attempted coup by Brazil’s far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested in Paraguay, according to the country’s immigration agency. Silvinei Vasques was arrested on Friday at the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Paraguay’s capital Asuncion, the Paraguayan National Migration Directorate (DNM) said in a statement posted on its website. The agency said Vasques was arrested for ‘identity theft’ after ‘attempting to evade immigration controls by impersonating a Paraguayan citizen.’ Vasques was arrested while attempting to board a flight to Panama, declaring El Salvador as his final destination, the DNM statement said.” (12/27/25)