Overview
- STF minister Flávio Dino signed the order that removed Raimundo Cutrim from his state post and placed him under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor.
- The court also authorized a 15-day search-and-seizure warrant under article 240 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to allow the Federal Police to seize documents, phones, computers and large cash amounts.
- Federal Police executed the measures over the weekend, reporting the seizure of short and long firearms and the detention of a driver linked to Cutrim and a military police officer who worked with his team.
- The process is under judicial secrecy so the full ruling and formal charges have not been disclosed, and Cutrim's defense says it has not yet seen the complete STF decision but is complying with the restrictions.
- Officials and local reporting say investigators are probing alleged obstruction, coercion and illegal monitoring and are examining potential links to the 2022 'Tech Office' murder, a case that has already produced related convictions and heightened political tensions in Maranhão.