The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonarowill testify this Tuesday before the Federal Police for fraud in the documentation of vaccines against Covid-19after his testimony for events related to the coup acts of January 8.
Federal forces entered the residence of the former Brazilian president on May 3 and confirmed that the vaccination data of the former head of state, several of his relatives and advisers they would have been manipulated to gain access to the United States.
According to an official statement from the Federal Police, the investigation is led by Judge Alexandre de Moraeswho ordered 16 searches and six arrest warrants, and investigates a network of corruption and fraud in the Ministry of Health related to false certificates of vaccination against Covid-19 so that anti-vaccine militants could enter the United States without problems.
“With that, these people were able to issue the respective vaccination certificates and use them to circumvent the current sanitary restrictions imposed by public authorities (Brazil and the United States) aimed at preventing the spread of contagious diseases, in this case, the COVID pandemic.” , says the statement.
The house is located in a private neighborhood of the North Lake of Brasilia and it has been rented by the Liberal Party since its return to the country in March, after a three-month stay in the United States.
Bolsonaro, investigated for false certificates
The police sources in the case, quoted by the GloboNews news network, are investigating whether the former president, along with his 12-year-old daughter Laura, falsified their vaccination certificates before their trip To united states.
Those detained by the security forces are former members of Bolsonaro’s team during his tenure at the helm of Brazil, including former aide-de-camp Mauro Cid and other members of the security team of Bolsonaro in the Presidency.
According to the police, it is an alleged “illicit association formed to commit the crimes of inserting false vaccination data against Covid-19 in the systems of the Ministry of Health”.
During his administration, Jair Bolsonaro was against the measures to prevent cases of Covid-19 and, later, a vaccine to protect the population. In November 2020, the then president pointed out that “We are all going to die one day, we have to stop being a country of fags”.
Source: Ambito
