
一名男子在迈阿密投票点冒充美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)特工,面临重罪指控。丹尼洛·阿尔维斯·席尔瓦在巴西总统选举的投票点身穿从亚马逊购买的移民和海关执法局制服。
Man Posing as ICE Agent at Miami Polling Site Faces Felony Charges Danilo Alves Silva wore an Immigration and Customs Enforcement costume from Amazon at a polling location for the Brazilian presidential election.
周日巴西总统选举期间,一名巴西男子因在迈阿密投票点冒充移民和海关执法局特工而被控多项重罪。
A Brazilian man was charged with multiple felonies for impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent at a Miami polling site during the Brazilian presidential election on Sunday.
46岁的丹尼洛·阿尔维斯·席尔瓦在佛罗里达州迈阿密戴德学院肯德尔校区被捕后,面临三项重罪指控——恐吓选民、共谋行贿以及影响公职人员,以及两项轻罪。该投票点是美国约十几个允许海外巴西公民参与本国大选投票的地点之一。
Danilo Alves Silva, 46, is facing three felony counts — voter intimidation, conspiracy to commit bribery and influencing a public servant — and two misdemeanors after being arrested at the Kendall Campus of Miami Dade College in Florida, one of about a dozen locations in the United States where Brazilians living abroad could vote in their country’s general election.
公设辩护人卡洛斯·J·马丁内斯代表席尔瓦先生提出无罪辩护。公设辩护人办公室尚未立即回应置评请求。
Carlos J. Martinez, a public defender, entered a not guilty plea on Mr. Silva’s behalf. The public defender’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
根据起诉书,席尔瓦先生是居住在佛罗里达州圣卢西港的巴西公民,当时被看到“在选举现场四处激进地走动”,头戴蓝色ICE帽子,佩戴太阳镜、口罩,身穿蓝色ICE突袭夹克和黑色战术靴。
Mr. Silva, a Brazilian citizen living in Port St. Lucie, Fla., was seen “aggressively walking around the election site” wearing a blue ICE hat, sunglasses, a face mask, a blue ICE raid jacket and black tactical boots, according to charging documents.
迈阿密-戴德县警长办公室的警员看到席尔瓦先生从一个投票站走到另一个投票站,并用无线电广播自己的位置。文件称,美国国土安全部的便衣探员试图找到席尔瓦先生,并看到他与多人互动,这些人“明显感到恐惧”,认为一名ICE特工“正在干扰他们的选举”,并“可能要将他们驱逐出境”。证词声明指出:“鉴于当前社会对ICE的普遍情绪,加上这是巴西大选,而投票点的大多数选民都来自美国境外,被告的出现可能让民众感到威胁。”
Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office saw Mr. Silva walking from one polling station to another, using a radio to call out his location. Plainclothes detectives with the Department of Homeland Security tried to find Mr. Silva, the documents said, and saw him engage with multiple people who “were clearly in fear” that an ICE agent “was interfering with their election” and “possibly deporting individuals.”“Due to today’s climate in regards to ICE and it being a Brazilian general election,” with most voters at the polling site being from outside of the United States, “the defendant’s presence was potentially intimidating individuals,” the affidavit said.
当执法人员与席尔瓦先生对峙并询问他是否为联邦特工时,席尔瓦先生称自己不是,随后被拘留。他告诉执法人员,自己穿的那套服装是从亚马逊上买来的戏服。据当局称,席尔瓦先生说自己是来投票站投票的。
When law enforcement officers confronted Mr. Silva and asked if he was a federal agent, Mr. Silva said he was not, and he was taken into custody. He told the officers that his outfit was a costume that he bought on Amazon. Mr. Silva said he had come to the polling site to vote, the authorities said.
根据逮捕报告,他对执法人员说:“我穿着巴西队球衣来到这里,然后投了票。”之后他回到车上,脱下球衣,换上美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)的制服,“想看看人们的反应”。报告称,在警长车辆的后座上,席尔瓦先生“开始威胁”逮捕他的侦探,“称他将为这一决定感到后悔,并会来报复他以及现场的所有人”。
“I got here in my Brazilian jersey and voted,” he told officers, according to the arrest report. He then returned to his car, took off his jersey and put on the ICE costume “to see peoples’ reactions.”While in the back of the sheriff’s vehicle, Mr. Silva “began to threaten” the arresting detective, “saying that he will regret making this decision and he will come after him and everyone on the scene,” the report said.
席尔瓦先生随后还试图向逮捕他的警官行贿。他说:“如果你放我走,我会让你拿到报酬。”“我们会给你钱,但你必须先放我走。”根据法院记录,他于周二以150美元的保释金获释。尼尔·维格多参与了报道。
Mr. Silva went on to attempt to bribe the arresting officer. “I will get you paid if you let me go,” he said. “We will pay you money, but you have to let me go first.”He was released on $150 bond on Tuesday, according to court records. Neil Vigdor contributed reporting.
劳拉·钟是《时代报》一名常驻悉尼的记者兼研究员,负责报道澳大利亚、新西兰和太平洋地区。
Laura Chung is a Sydney-based reporter and researcher for The Times, covering Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.