A report released from Brazil's Federal Police this Thursday, July 11, states that the “parallel Abin,” a group suspected of using the structure of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin, for its acronym in Portuguese) between 2019 and 2022 to spy on authorities and institutions critical of the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro, monitored journalists and fact checking agencies.
According to reports in the Brazilian press, journalists Monica Bergamo, Vera Magalhães, Luiza Alves Bandeira and Pedro Cesar Batista and the fact checking agencies Aos Fatos and Lupa were monitored.
Read more about the Federal Police investigations at this link.
