Aide to president’s son arrested as tensions run high in Brazil
A police investigation is closing in on Jair Bolsonaro’s family with the arrest over an alleged corruption scheme
18 June 2020 - 16:35
Brasília — A police investigation closed in on Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s family with the arrest of a former aide to one of his sons, fueling political tensions that are already running high in Latin America’s largest economy.
Police are probing Fabrício Queiroz’s participation in an alleged corruption scheme involving the appropriation of salaries from employees of Flávio Bolsonaro’s office while he was a lawmaker in the Rio de Janeiro state legislature for more than a decade...
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