Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice André Mendonça ordered the preventive removal of Federal Police (PF) Director-General Andrei Rodrigues and the Director of Police Intelligence, Leandro Almada, on Tuesday, marking a severe escalation in the institutional tensions gripping Brasília. The unprecedented decision sees a single Supreme Court justice removing the country’s top law enforcement official and is directly tied to the high-profile *Banco Master* financial scandal.