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A 7-year-old Haitian boy was rescued by the Federal Police (PF) at the Brazilian border with French Guiana after being abducted by a gang specialized in the illegal transport of people. After giving over $ 15,000 to middlemen, a man allegedly extorted and threatened the father to deliver the child.
In testimony, Jean Baptista, 31, father of the boy, detailed that the family has already legally lived in the country for 6 years, in Porto Alegre (RS). He, who works as a mason, said that he fled the hunger, poverty and problems in Haiti. But, faced with the impossibility of obtaining his son's visa, he decided to pay for a stowaway.
He contracted the services of coyotes, as intermediaries are called, who were supposed to deliver the child to Porto Alegre, but on how a carrier made the threats. After paying more money, the boy was placed in a van in French Guiana, bound for Brazil.
The case is being studied by delegates Romeu Pimenta Carneiro (left) and João Antonio Santos, federal police (Photo: Rita Torrinha / G1)
French police and the PF intercepted the pickup truck in St. George on the night of Thursday (12), and rescued the boy. No one was arrested in action. That same night he was brought to Brazil by the city of Oiapoque, 590 kilometers from Macapá.
According to Baptista, the son left Haiti on May 12 and was scheduled to meet him Tuesday in Amapá. The child flew to Georgetown, Guyana, landed for Suriname and then for a third destination, this time in French Guiana, where the travel schedule was broken.
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All conversations with crosswalkers were made by an instant messaging application. The identification of the number as being from French Guiana helped investigations, police said.
Baptista says that he arrived in Amapá a week ago. Without money and desperate, he slept for four days at Macapá airport and, faced with threats, decided to search for the PF. After hearing the Haitian Mason's report, the police activated the intelligence forces.
"We contacted the liaison officers of Suriname and the two Guianas and began to follow all the conversations that Jean had with the authors.An intelligence force was created, giving priority to the rescue of the boy. The father was instructed on how to proceed with the negotiations.We deposited the money requested over 200 euros, and they agreed to hand over the child, "said the delegate.
Jean Baptista, the father of the boy, hired intermediaries The investigations, which are led by delegates Romeu Carneiro and João Antonio Ribeiro Santos, point out that the boy was taken to Cayenne, where he was placed (19659017) handed over to the Brazilian authorities, the boy was taken from the island on the morning of this Friday (13) and should be delivered to the father still in this Ba ptista says that when he left Haiti his son was a baby and he stayed with his grandmother
"I came to Brazil because there are a lot of problems in Haiti, a lot of misery, he there is no job. I came before and after I brought my wife. I came with the visa and then asked for my wife's visa, but I did not get it for my son. Now I spent almost $ 2500 to get to Macapá. Thank God my son is coming, I've seen him for four years, "said Baptista.
He also said that his wife and brother crossed the border, including with the involvement It was $ 16,000 to bring the two back at the time, both of whom were issued with a permanent visa in the country, according to Baptista.
Although the fact has grown to a large extent to Overseas, the PF opened an investigation to investigate the case.
"We will open an investigation into the PF Amapá. At work, we have a lot of intelligence and we already have suspects, even without them identifying and not using in-app photos. The contact of French Guiana has brought us important information, "said the delegate.
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