According to the source, the operation started at 7 am and was still ongoing at 9:30 am.

CNN Portugal reported that the PJ Counter-Terrorism Unit is conducting a major operation to dismantle a far-right criminal association linked to acts of discrimination and incitement to hatred, whose victims are immigrants from Islamic countries.

According to CNN Portugal, Mário Machado, a well-known neo-Nazi who is serving a sentence for crimes of the same nature, is considered the leader of this group, to which he has reportedly given instructions from prison.

The PJ’s investigation focuses on the dissemination of xenophobic and racist messages and other content on social media, which ultimately leads to violent street actions with slogans inciting hatred against immigrant communities.