“O mundo da política e o do crime não deveriam jamais se misturar”
Portal translation: The world of politics and the world of crime should never mix
The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.
Context
As a judge of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, Moro ordered the arrest of cattle rancher José Carlos Bumlai, investigated over a Banco Schahin loan that, according to the Federal Police (PF), allegedly served to pay off PT debts, offset by a drillship contract at Petrobras. In the order, Moro described the case as an impairment of the democratic political process.
Where
Order · Decision of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba that ordered the pretrial detention of José Carlos Bumlai (21st phase of Lava Jato)
Verification
Checked against the journalistic record: Moro: mundo da política e do crime não deveriam jamais se misturar, on Oct. 24, 2026. Same text in two reports of the day (Gazeta do Povo and O Antagonista). The full order was not opened by the project. The site operacaolavajato.com.br uses the sentence as an epigraph, undated.
Não, jamais. Jamais. Sou um homem de Justiça e, sem qualquer demérito, não sou um homem da política. Acho que a política é uma atividade importante, não tem nenhum demérito, muito pelo contrário, existe muito mérito em quem atua na política, mas eu sou um juiz, eu estou […]
Portal translation: No, never. Never. I am a man of Justice and, without any disrespect, I am not a man of politics. I think politics is an important activity, there is no disrespect in it, quite the contrary, there is a lot of merit in those who work in politics, but I am a judge, I am in […]
Sergio Moro · November 5, 2016 · Interview · O Estado de S. Paulo
