The claim
Publicação afirma que Miriam Leitão foi acusada de assaltos em agências bancárias com arma de fogo durante a ditadura militar. O post chama a jornalista de “Amélia” e afirma que ela teria sido anistiada.
Original review summary
The review says there are no records that Miriam Leitão was accused of armed bank robberies. It reports that she was arrested in 1972 for political reasons and acquitted in August 1974—five years before the Amnesty Law was enacted in 1979, so the acquittal was not an amnesty.[S1]
Additional context
The review says “Amélia” was the codename Leitão used while active in the PCdoB; it also traces the robbery rumor to a false allegation about a 1968 Banespa robbery, when she was 15 and living in Caratinga. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Folha de S.Paulo original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026