Ronaldinho Gaúcho and his brother Roberto returned to the hotel where they stayed after declaring for about eight hours in the Prosecutor's Office for their entry into the country with false passports, and without the Public Ministry determining at the moment to raise an imputation or charges against him. Both left the Organized Crime Department escorted by police personnel and among a cloud of journalists, heading to the Yacht Resort Hotel and Paraguayan Golf Club, in the city of Lambaré, just outside Asunción.

The lawyer of the former soccer player, Adolfo Marín , told the media that his client's decision is to undergo the relevant process since he has chosen to remain in the country, despite being in free transit and communication. "He has no restrictions unless in an hour we encounter a different circumstance," said the lawyer, who added that his defendants did not engage in any criminal conduct.

"The decision that was taken is the consent of our client, was to give a statement, answer all the questions of the Public Prosecutor's Office, and as of tomorrow what we are going to do is enter to verify all the details," he said.

A matter of kindness

The judicial entanglement that affects the two brothers began with their arrival at the airport of Asunción to present this Thursday a charitable project for Paraguayan children to which the player was going to put his image. On Wednesday night, after passing the immigration controls, tax agents and the National Police took part in the hotel and seized two passports and as many Paraguayan identity cards with their respective names. For that reason they spent the night in police custody pending their statement in the Prosecutor's Office.

Before that, the prosecutor of the case, Federico Delfino , told the media that the passports had been issued in January by two other people and then adulterated, so that they would appear in the name of Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (Ronaldinho) and Roberto de Assis Moreira, brother of the former soccer player. Brazil's Wilmondes Sousa was arrested at the hotel, who was initially suspected of giving them Paraguayan documents upon getting off the plane, in the VIP zone, before heading to immigration control.

However, Marín denied that version and said that the former Brazilian international did not request or manage these documents, and stressed that they were handed over by Sousa a month ago at his home in Rio de Janeiro. In this regard, he pointed out that what Ronaldinho believed was that he was handed over for a "question of kindness", in reference to facilitating his procedure at the Asunción airport.

He added that Ronaldinho "did not give the most importance to that document," as it shows that on Wednesday night, at the hotel, he handed them over to the Prosecutor's agents. He also noted that to enter Paraguay he could have used his Brazilian passport, as he did at the Sao Paulo airport, from where he flew to Asunción.

The angelic foundation

The exfubolista was going to launch today a free health care project for minors for a group called Angelical Foundation, and to present a book about his life. About this, Marín said that Sousa contacted, to participate in that event, Ronaldinho's brother, who is also his representative.

"As far as we knew, he came to collaborate with a foundation, at the launch of a book (...) Sousa contacts his brother so that he comes to Paraguay for these activities. The brother is the one who makes contact with Sousa, these are developed activities and finally what happens, "Marín said.

Two arrested

In the middle of the declaration of the two brothers, the Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of two women who would be the original holders of the passports later adulterated. And the Interior Minister, Euclides Acevedo , blamed the Migration department of the airport for not having prevented entry into the country, since his Paraguayan passport was not registered in the system.

The criminal type that the former Barcelona player would face would be the use of a false public document, according to prosecutor Delfino.

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