BRAZIL · POLITICS

Key Facts

—What happened STF justice Andre Mendonça ordered the preventive removal of the Federal Police director-general on 8 September 2026.

—Who is out Director-general Andrei Passos Rodrigues and intelligence director Leandro Almada da Costa.

—The allegation Mendonça says at least six PF intelligence reports produced between 3 and 31 August tracked him and the solicitor general.