Photo of prison in Ceará used in assembly against candidate in Amazonas

This is a montage of the photo that has been circulating on social networks (see here) to say that an electoral cable of David Almeida (Avante), candidate for Mayor of Manaus (AM), would have been arrested on the spot with money to buy. wishes. In fact, the case occurred in Caucaia, in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza (CE), this Saturday morning, and who was arrested was Miguel Carolino de Amorim, brother of the mayor Naumi Amorim (PSD), candidate for re-election in the town.

Miguel wore a t-shirt with Naumi’s number in the elections and hid money in his underwear. The montage shows the campaign number of David Almeida, who belongs to another party.

The piece of misinformation was shared hundreds of times on Saturday night (28) and was marked with the FALSE seal on the social media verification tool (learn how it works).

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The Civil Police PC – AM has just carried out the arrest in flagrant crime of the candidate David Almeida with a sum of 46 thousand reais buying votes in the Jorge Teixeira neighborhood.

A photo has circulated on social networks accusing that an electoral cable of David Almeida (Avante), candidate for mayor of Manaus (AM) against Amazonino Mendes (Pode), was arrested with money to buy votes. In fact, the arrest took place in Caucaia, a city in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza (CE), and is not related to Almeida’s supporters.

Miguel Carolino de Amorim, brother of Mayor Naumi Amorim (PSD), candidate for reelection in Caucaia, was arrested along with Assis Medeiros, Secretary of Heritage, Carlinhos Gomes, Vice President of the Municipality, and Antônio Uedson da Silva, Deputy Attorney of the Municipality. With the group, the police seized about R $ 1 million, a computer and a notebook with the names of several people.

Miguel hid money in his underwear when he was caught by the police and he was wearing a T-shirt with the number PSD, Naumi’s party. The disinformation piece shows the number of the shirt changed to that of David Almeida’s initials in Manaus, Avante.

TO G1Naumi’s campaign coordinator said he awaited “the result of the procedures adopted by the competent authorities and that he remains absolutely calm and ready to collaborate with the investigations.”