STF grants house arrest to civil police officer arrested in Operation Nail and Flesh

House arrest was granted due to health problems. According to the decision, the measure will remain in force as long as Christiano's clinical condition continues. g1 questioned the health problem that led to the house arrest, but the prisoner's defense did not provide information until the last update of this report.

Among the determinations imposed by the minister are the use of electronic ankle bracelets, the prohibition of maintaining contact with other people under investigation and the use of social networks.

Christiano will also have his firearms possession and authorizations for collecting weapons, practicing sports shooting or hunting suspended.

The police officer must also hand over the passport to the Court. The Federal Police must register in its systems the prohibition of him leaving the national territory.

Any travel for health reasons, with the exception of urgent cases, must be requested in advance from the Court.

The decision also establishes that, in case of non-compliance with the measures, the house arrest will be revoked and Christiano will have to serve his sentence in a penitentiary hospital.

Christiano and his brother, Giovanni, who was also arrested in Operation Nail and Flesh last Thursday, had already been detained in 2011 during Operation Guillotine, which investigated suspicions of police corruption and links between agents and militias.

The two were convicted in the first instance, but the decision was reversed, and the brothers ended up acquitted in the second instance.

The dismissal of Christiano and Giovanni from the Civil Police was also annulled in 2018 by then governor Luiz Fernando Pezão.

Christiano worked for years with Chief Marcus Amim, former head of the Civil Police, who was also arrested on Thursday. He was head of investigation at police stations commanded by Amim and advisor at the Civil Police Secretariat before taking a position at Belford Roxo City Hall, then commanded by Márcio Canella, another prisoner in the operation.