Brazilian Mass Murderer Who Slipped U.S. Vetting Three Times Added to CIS Database
By Todd Bensman on February 20, 2025
Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho of Brazil
Aformer state police officer in Brazil arrested and charged in Brazil for taking part in the murder of 11 teenagers but who still got into the United States on a tourist visa and stayed for years is the latest addition to the Center for Immigration Studies National Security Vetting Failures Database. The entry brings the total number of analyzed failure cases in the database to 52.
The addition of Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho (referenced in court records as “De Abreu”) comes at a moment when President Donald Trump has signed executive orders requiring repair and improvement to U.S. national security screening and vetting systems for all immigrant and non-immigrant visa applications. (See “Decoding Trump’s Border Counterterrorism Order, Part 2”.)
The Center launched the database in March 2023 to draw “remedial attention” to ongoing government vetting failures lest they “drift from the public mind and interest of lawmakers, oversight committee members, media, and homeland security practitioners who would otherwise feel compelled to demand process reforms”, according to an explanatory Center report titled “Learning from our Mistakes”.
https://cis.org/Bensman/Brazilian-Mass-Murderer-Who-Slipped-US-Vetting-Three-Times-Added-CIS-Database
