Before returning to Brazil, Temer finds parents of imprisoned Brazilians in Cape Verde | Policy

Temer went on Tuesday to the island of Sal in Cape Verde to attend the 12th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) – The arrival of the president in Brasilia was scheduled for the evening on Wednesday. Before embarking, Temer was with the parents of the Brazilians.

Daniel Dantas, Rodrigo Dantas and Daniel Guerra were jailed for seven months in the town of Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, with a Frenchman who was commanding the sailboat in which they arrived in Cape Verde.

A ton of cocaine was found on the ship. The crew is embarked in Salvador. A week later, they left the port of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte.

According to the Fantástico program report, the drug was allegedly shipped after the ship left Natal in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

In Brazil, the federal police investigated the case and concluded that the cocaine had been shipped to Guarapari, on the coast of Espírito Santo. When the crew entered the ship, the cargo was already hidden in the basement.

The trio of Brazilians was found innocent by the federal police of Brazil, but the Cape Verdean justice did not accept the Brazilian investigation and, in March of this year, sentenced the three to 10 years of prison each.

The situations of the three Brazilians were addressed Tuesday by Temer at a meeting with Cape Verdean President Jorge Carlos Fonseca.

According to Temer, the case worries and the government has "the duty to sponsor the defense of these Brazilians".

"The President (Jorge Carlos Fonseca) said that he has the best wishes in this regard, I wish that justice be done," Temer told reporters after the hearing.

Temer was on Tuesday and Wednesday in Cape Verde, which received the CPLP conference. According to the advice of the Palacio Planalto, Temer should arrive at night in Brasilia.

On Wednesday, Temer attended a meeting and a plenary session bringing together heads of state and government from the countries of the community. At meetings, topics such as food, agriculture and sustainable development were discussed.

During the conference, Temer passed the provisional presidency of the community in Cape Verde, which will lead the group for the next two years.

The CPLP was created in 1996 and includes Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste. Leste.

Cármen Lúcia President

During Temer's international trip, Carmen Lúcia, President of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), was in the exercise of the Presidency of the Republic for the third time this year.

The minister took over the post because, besides Temer, the presidents of the House, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ) and the Senate, Eunício Oliveira (MDB-CE), also went abroad.

Since April, Maia and Euncio have been planning international trips whenever Temer has diaries outside of Brazil. Both want to avoid the risk of being ineligible for elections in October.