Silvinei Vasques

Silvinei Vasques
Vasques in 2023
Director General of the Federal Highway Police
In office
7 April 2021 – 20 December 2022
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Preceded byEduardo Aggio
Succeeded byAntônio Oliveira
Personal details
Born (1975-01-09) 9 January 1975
Ivaiporã, Brazil
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Silvinei Vasques (born 9 January 1975) is a Brazilian politician serving as secretary of social development and innovation of São José in 2025. From 2021 to 2022, he served as director general of the Federal Highway Police.

In December 2025, Vasques was arrested in Asunción, Paraguay after cutting his ankle monitoring device and escaping Brazil, while he was awaiting sentencing by the Supreme Federal Court for the January 8 attempted coup against the Lula administration. Vasques was arrested with a fake passport and a card that claimed that he could not speak because of a brain cancer treatment that left him deaf and mute. He had tried to board a flight at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport to Panama on his way to El Salvador. He was subsequently extradited to Brazil.

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