Brazil Supreme Court Refuses Search Warrant for Bahia Candidate
Brazil's Supreme Court justice Nunes Marques refused a search warrant for Bahia governor candidate ACM Neto, while authorising 24 others in Operation Overclean. The refusal is not an acquittal and the investigation continues. The post Brazil Supreme Court Refuses Search Warrant for Bahia Candidate appeared first on The Rio Times .
On 17 September 2026, the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil authorised 24 search warrants as part of Operation Overclean, a federal police investigation into public money diverted through contracts and parliamentary amendments. The Nunes Marques ACM Neto decision, however, refused the one aimed at Antonio Carlos Magalhães Neto, known as ACM Neto, a candidate for governor of the northeastern state of Bahia.
ACM Neto, a former mayor of Salvador and the União Brasil party's national vice-president, holds no elected office currently. The one refused warrant was the only one targeted at a political candidate. The decision, which became public on the same day the phase was executed, was under seal and its date is not public. The office of the prosecutor-general had supported the refused request.
The search warrants covered six states: Minas Gerais, Bahia, São Paulo, Tocantins, Paraná and Espírito Santo. Only the measure against ACM Neto was turned down, as the decision is under seal and not a finding about the allegations. Overclean continues, with the searches the justice approved going ahead.
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