The Service for Foreigners and Border Guards (SEF) arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Lisbon a 23-year-old Brazilian who was issued an international arrest warrant for stabbing a man in his country of origin in 2018, leaving him to the brink of death. door.
Jefferson Sousa Silva worked for about 3 years as a builder in our country, where he lived with a girl.
When the SEF team approached him, he tried to escape, but was immediately apprehended and arrested.
ABOUT cm it is known that the facts leading to the issuance of the international arrest warrant, which the SEF has now complied with, date back to 23 August 2018. When he was only 18 years old, Jefferson Silva was involved with an organized gang. And it was in this context that he stabbed his opponent several times, leaving him in a coma.
Shortly thereafter, the aggressor fled Brazil and took refuge in Portugal, where he had a legal residence.
He is due to appear before the Lisbon Court of Appeal shortly on the issue of the application of coercive measures with a view to extradition to Brazil.
He faces a 25-year prison term in his home country.
Author: Miguel Curado
Source: CM Jornal
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