The United States imposed sanctions on the judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil Alexandre de Moraes, whom he accused of authorizing arbitrary preventive arrests and suppressing freedom of expression.
Moraes supervises the criminal case against former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of planning a coup d’etat.
United States president Donald Trump, He had already linked new tariffs to Brazil to what he has described as “witch hunt” against his right -wing ally.
The sanction is known after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in June that Washington was considering reprisals against Moraes.
Moraes was sanctioned under the Magnitsky Global Law, which allows the United States to impose economic sanctions against foreigners who consider that they have a history of corruption or abuse against human rights.
“Moraes has investigated, persecuted and repressed those who have participated in speeches that are protected by the United States Constitution, repeatedly subjecting victims to long preventive arrests without presenting positions, “ The Treasury Department said in a statement.
Moraes recently ordered Bolsonaro to wear an ankle and stop using social networks for accusations that he sought Trump’s interference.
