A Brazilian nationwide convicted for his position in murdering 11 individuals, principally youngsters, in retaliation for the demise of a police officer in his dwelling nation, has pleaded responsible in Boston federal court docket for mendacity on his asylum software and at an immigration listening to.
Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, a 31-year-old identified for his involvement within the 2015 Slaughter of Curió, who has lived in Malden, has pleaded responsible to 2 counts of perjury. He’s scheduled to be sentened Might 29.
De Abreu reportedly by no means disclosed his arrest within the brutal killings when making use of for a U.S. visa after the bloodbath in November 2015, based on the Massachusetts U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace.
At an immigration listening to final February, De Abreu “falsely” claimed that he had “never lied” to immigration officers, testifying beneath oath that he left off vital info on paperwork filed with the feds “because he had not yet been arrested.”
A federal grand jury indicted De Abreu final Might for utilizing and possessing a fraudulently obtained visa to enter the US and mendacity on his asylum software.
Brazilian authorities charged 45 people in reference to the Slaughter of Curió, arresting and detaining De Abreu on Aug. 31, 2016. He was then launched pending trial on Might 24, 2017.
Two weeks later, whereas in Recife, Brazil, De Abreu responded “no” when requested on an software for a US non-immigrant B2 customer visa whether or not he had ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime.
The U.S. Division of State accredited De Abreu’s software later that June, issuing him the “B2 Visa based upon his false representations,” the Massachusetts U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace stated in a launch on Thursday.
De Abreu used the visa to journey to Miami on Might 30, 2018. He then gained “various state driver’s licenses, a social security card, travel documents and authorizations for employment.”
“De Abreu applied for asylum on Jan. 29, 2020,” the discharge states, “and lied when asked whether he had ever been accused, charged, arrested, detained, interrogated and imprisoned in any country other than the United States.”
“He also failed to disclose his arrest and detention in Brazil when he applied for adjustment of status with United States Citizenship and Immigration Service,” it provides.
A court docket in Ceara, Brazil sentenced De Abreu in June 2023 to 275 years and 11 months in jail, and an arrest warrant was issued. He was convicted that very same day of 11 counts of homicide, three counts of tried homicide and 4 counts of bodily and psychological torture.
After the conviction, De Abreu turned the topic of an Interpol Purple Discover, a global needed discover.
Brokers with Enforcement and Removing Operations Boston arrested the previous Brazilian army police officer in Rye, N.H., on Aug. 14, 2023.
“The apprehension of this very dangerous foreign fugitive is an outstanding example of the professionalism and expertise of the officers of ERO Boston,” then-ERO Boston Area Workplace Director Todd Lyons stated in a launch. “We are proud to have taken this notorious criminal, convicted of participating in multiple heinous murders in Brazil, off our streets.”
Lyons is now appearing head of ICE ERO for the nation.
In April 2014, De Abreu joined the Ceara State Army Police – Brazilian state forces that, following the rule of the governor, conduct “first-line policing on the street,” based on the Massachusetts U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace.
“In the early morning hours of Nov. 12, 2015, numerous Brazilian military police officers including De Abreu, participated in a mass killing event of primarily young people from the impoverished neighborhoods of Barroso, Messejana, Guajeru, Curió and Lagoa Redonda in the capital of Ceará,” the workplace stated in its launch.
“The killings were in retaliation for the death of another police officer who was attempting to defend his wife who was being assaulted.”
