Brazilian police search ex-president Bolsonaro’s home

Police said officers were carrying out 16 searches and six arrests in Rio de Janeiro related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the Covid-19 vaccine into the nation’s health system
Brazilian police search ex-president Bolsonaro’s home
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (AP)

Brazil’s federal police have searched former president Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone, according to an official.

The source said that Mr Bolsonaro will be deposed at federal police headquarters and also confirmed that one of his closest allies, Mauro Cid, has been arrested.

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