Last Updated on December 12, 2022
Demonstrators in Brasilia, Brazil have started to riot after the arrest of Tserere, aka Cacique Cerere, who was taken into custody by federal police on Monday evening after an arrest warrant was issued by Supreme Federal Court (SPF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is also a justice on the Superior Electoral Court.
Demonstrators in Brasilia, Brasil have started to riot and burn vehicles in response to the arrest of Brazilian Xavante tribe chief, Tserere, whose arrest warrant was processed by Supreme Federal Court (SPF) Justice, Alexandre de Moraes.
Events are developing as we tweet. pic.twitter.com/4zYyhBpKTf
— Addy Adds (@OneAddyAdds) December 13, 2022
"Cacique Cerere detained by federal police. The Xavante tribe participated in demonstrations around Alvorada, in Brasilia" pic.twitter.com/7dI7NSmhar
— Addy Adds (@OneAddyAdds) December 13, 2022
“Minister Alexandre de Moraes accepted the request of the PGR and decreed the temporary arrest, for a period of 10 days, of the indigenous José Acácio Serere Xavante. for evidence of the commission of crimes in anti-democratic acts,” the Supreme Court said on Monday evening.
#NotíciaSTF O ministro Alexandre de Moraes acolheu pedido da PGR e decretou a prisão temporária, pelo prazo de 10 dias, do indígena José Acácio Serere Xavante, por indícios da prática de crimes em atos antidemocráticos. (1/3)
— STF (@STF_oficial) December 13, 2022
“According to the PGR, Tserere Xavante has been using his position as a chief to enlist indigenous and non-indigenous people to commit crimes, by threatening aggression and persecution of the president-elect and ministers of the STF,” the Brazilian Supreme court stated.
#NotíciaSTF A prisão se fundamentou na necessidade de garantia da ordem pública, diante da suposta prática dos crimes de ameaça, perseguição e abolição violenta do Estado Democrático de Direito. (3/3)
— STF (@STF_oficial) December 13, 2022
“The arrest was based on the need to guarantee public order, given the alleged practice of crimes of threat, persecution and violent abolition of the Democratic State of Law,” the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) said.
The Xavante tribe voted in the 2022 Brazilian Presidential Election, and have been present at the demonstrations based in Brasilia, Brasil, which are currently in their 42nd consecutive day of demonstrations.
The manifestation called for a military audit of the election with all information included, an elimination of electronic voting machines and return to paper ballots, as well as an end to technocratic censorship of conservative citizens, journalists, and politicians.
In an exclusive interview with The National File, the tribal chief expressed his enthusiastic support for former U.S. President, Donald Trump, and his faith in Jesus Christ as a Christian Evangelical pastor.
“I pray to God, [and] for God to bless Donald Trump,” Tserere said of Trump in his endorsement. “I hope that God will give him another opportunity to be the President of the United States for the American people.”
The tribal chief will be detained for 10 days.
Tserere, the chief of the Xavante tribe in Brazil, endorsed Trump.
"Donald Trump,
I want to say that here, Brazilians, indigenous people, and all non-indigenous people too, love you very much, especially me. I like you very much.
I pray to God, for God to bless Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/ueT6WzTzdM
— Addy Adds (@OneAddyAdds) December 7, 2022
Following the arrest, a number of riots broke out in the nation’s capital of Brasilia. Police in riot gear could be seen clashing with demonstrators outraged over the arrest while a number of fires could be seen in front of the Federal Police Building in Brasilia.
Stay tuned to The National File for more updates on the political unrest in Brazil.
