Brazil Court Releases Vale and TUV SUD Employees in Dam Burst Case, Reports Reuters

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has released five employees from Vale SA and Tuv Sud who were arrested following the catastrophic dam collapse in Brumadinho, which resulted in over 100 fatalities and left more than 200 people missing.

The court’s decision reversed a prior ruling by a lower court, allowing executives Andre Yassuda, Makoto Namba, Rodrigo Artur Gomes de Melo, Ricardo de Oliveira, and Cesar Augusto Paulino Grandchamp to be freed. The STJ indicated through its press office that there was insufficient justification for their detention.