Brazil: search of Jair Bolsonaro's home

5/3/2023, 6:54:00 PM

Highlights: Brazilian police searched the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday, May 3. He is suspected of falsifying certificates of anti-Covid vaccines. His former aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel Cid, was arrested. Police say there is a criminal network that allegedly inserted false vaccination data into public health systems. In particular, forged certificates were allegedly used to allow him to enter the United States, where he retreated a few days before the end of his mandate.

Brazilian police searched the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday, May 3. He is suspected of falsifying certificates of anti-Covid vaccines. Its old...

Brazil: search of Jair Bolsonaro's home

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves his home following a search operation, in Brasilia, May 3, 2023. REUTERS - ADRIANO MACHADO

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Brazilian police searched the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday, May 3. He is suspected of falsifying certificates of anti-Covid vaccines. His former aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel Cid, was arrested.

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With our correspondent in São Paulo, Martin Bernard

New offensive against Jair Bolsonaro: the federal police, which is already investigating his role in the January 8 riots and in a case of diamonds offered by Saudi Arabia, carried out a search at the home of the former president.

This time he is suspected of having received false anti-Covid vaccination certificates in order to be able to travel to the United States. His mobile phone was apprehended during the search. And his former aide-de-camp, who was something of a handyman, was arrested.

Jair Bolsonaro has always boasted that he has never been vaccinated against Covid. Police say there is a criminal network that allegedly inserted false vaccination data into public health systems. In particular, forged certificates were allegedly used to allow him to enter the United States, where he retreated a few days before the end of his mandate.

When he was still in power, Jair Bolsonaro had his vaccination record classified as a confidential document for a period of 100 years.