A Brazilian man residing in Malden, Mass., was indicted on Wednesday for fraudulently obtaining a visa to enter the U.S. and lying on his asylum application, failing to disclose to immigration authorities his involvement in the murders of 11 people in Brazil — a 2015 incident known as the “The Slaughter of Curió.”
Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 30, was indicted on two counts of visa fraud, two counts of perjury and one count of falsifying, concealing and covering up a material fact.
Following his initial appearance in a Boston federal court on Wednesday, he is being detained until a hearing scheduled for June 5, 2024.
According to the indictment, Ade Breau joined the Ceara State Military Police in April 2014, the Brazilian military police unit tasked with doing first line policing on the street.
It is alleged that in the early morning of Nov. 12, 2015, De Abreu, alongside numerous Brazilian military police officers, participated in a mass killing event of mostly teenagers from neighborhoods of cities in the Brazilian state Ceará.
The 2015 incident, which has since come to be known as “The Slaughter of Curió” or “The Curió Massacre,” was carried out in retaliation for the death of another police officer who was shot and killed while attempting to defend his wife, who had been assaulted earlier that evening.
A total of 45 individuals, including De Abreu, were charged by the Brazilian authorities in connection to mass killings.
On Aug. 31, 2016, De Abreu was arrested and detained by Brazilian police, and was subsequently released pending trial on May 24, 2017.
Federal prosecutors allege that two weeks later, on June 9, 2017, De Abreu applied for a U.S. non-immigrant B2 visitor visa, claiming that he had never been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime.
The U.S. State Department approved his visa application, and De Abreu used the B2 visa to enter the U.S. and travel to Miami, Fla., on May 30, 2018.
It is alleged that as a result of the approval of his visa application, De Abreu was able to obtain various state driver’s licenses, a social security card, travel documents and authorizations for employment between May 2018 and August 2023.
In January 2020, De Abreu applied for asylum in the U.S.
Prosecutors allege that De Abreau lied when asked whether he had ever been accused, charged, arrested, detained, interrogated and imprisoned in any country other than the U.S.
De Abreu also allegedly failed to disclose his arrest and detention in Brazil when he applied for adjustment of status with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.
It is further alleged that De Abreu lied under oath at a February 2024 immigration hearing in a Department of Justice immigration court, falsely claiming that he had never lied to immigration officials and saying that he only left the details of his arrest of immigration documents because he had not yet been arrested.
In June 2023, De Abreu was convicted of 11 counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and four counts of physical and mental torture in the First Court of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
De Abreu was sentenced by the Brazilian court to 275 years and 11 months in prison and an arrest warrant was issued.
For visa fraud, De Abreu faces up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
The charge of perjury provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
On the charge of falsifying, concealing, and covering up a material fact provides De Abreu could be sentenced to up to five years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
Looks as if the USA needs to imprison this vicious thug – or he will simply be released again by Colombia’s WEAK and useless judicial system. The lives it will save in the US – well worth the decades of prison expense.
@Emmaline…although I agree with your thoughts on the Colombian judicial system, I do not know what this system has to do with a Brazilian national whose crimes were committed in Brazil. However I do not agree that we here in the US should foot the bill to put this man in our prison system. Monies used to incarcerate this man, and others like him should be used to continue the construction of the southern boarder wall, and to employ additional ICE agents. This man should be deported at the expense of the Brazilian government where he can then spend time in their prison system.
Our State department is run by incomtents.
275years 11months in a Brazilian prison sounds about right, extradite and chock it up to another failure of our asylum process. Although the prison sentence is a little extreme, should knock off the 11 months I think lol!
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If the current president of Brazil, Lula de Silva, was sprung from prison just in time to run for president in the last election, then I suspect that this dude’s deportation back to Brazil is really nothing to be concerned about since the law-abiding Jair Bolsanaro is no longer president, and the corrupt communist Lula is back in power for a third term.
However, prior to extradition/deportation, it would be fool hearty for the Biden regime to waste this valuable asset in its war against the American people, especially in light of his impressive background in fraud, mayhem, and murder, skills which are consistent with those of millions of other recent “immigrants” infiltrating our communities.