Supreme Court Minister André Mendonça argues that banker Daniel Vorcaro is linked to a threatening armed criminal organization, supporting the decision to keep him in custody.
On Friday, Minister André Mendonça of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) voted to uphold the imprisonment of banker Daniel Vorcaro, stating that Vorcaro is part of a dangerous armed criminal organization. This statement was made during a virtual session where the court's Second Panel was in the process of deliberating the conditions of Vorcaro's preventive detention, initially decreed by Mendonça himself. The decision has garnered support from fellow ministers Luiz Fux and Nunes Marques, granting them a majority in favor of continuing the detainment, although Gilmar Mendes has yet to cast his vote.
Mendonça's comments highlight a troubling context in which Vorcaro, along with associates—one being the deceased
