He councilor for Republicans and The former president is on vacation on an island of Angra dos Reis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
The search warrants carried out by the Brazilian police
The Police served nine search warrants, five of them in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where Carlos Bolsonaro works as a legislator. The Three other search warrants were carried out in Formosa, state of Goiás (center) and Salvador, in the state of Bahia (northeast).
Local media showed the Federal Police vehicles entering his home in the Barra de Tijuca neighborhood and his office in the Municipal Chamber of Councilors.
Federal Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the raid as part of the operation he launched last week against a espionage organization set up in parallel in the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) during 2019 and 2022, the Bolsonaro government period.
The raids were authorized by the supreme court judge
The searches carried out on Monday are a development of the operation launched last Thursdayauthorized by the judge of the supreme court and president of the electoral court, Alexandre de Moraes, who was allegedly one of the targets of the espionage.
“In this new stage, the Federal Police seeks to advance in the political core, identifying the main recipients and beneficiaries of information produced illegally within the Abin through clandestine actions,” the police statement said.
Jair Bolsonaro’s denial of illegal espionage in his government and Abin
Jair Bolsonaro denied this Sunday that existed any type of illegal spy organization during his government and described the investigations as a “narrative.”
ItInvestigators suspect that Abin used a Israeli surveillance software called FirstMilewhich tracks smartphone geolocation data, to spy on thousands of people during Bolsonaro’s presidency.
“Those investigated may be held responsibleyes (…) of device invasion crimes computer hacking, criminal organization and interception of telephone, computer or telematic communications without judicial authorization or for purposes not authorized by law,” the police added.
The new raids on those accused of illegal espionage
The New raids are added to another 21 carried out on Thursday. That day The house and offices of former intelligence director Alexandre Ramagem were raided. Police took computers and phones from his residence in Brasilia.
Among those supposedly spied on, in addition to Moraes, there would be Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes, he former president of the Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maia and former governor of the state of Ceará Camilo Santanawho now He is Minister of Education of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Those investigated for espionage
He The main investigator is the deputy Alexandre Ramagenof the Liberal Party, who was head of Abin during Bolsonaro’s administration and is running as a candidate for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the municipal elections in October.
Carlos Bolsonaro is accused of receiving information about opposition leaders obtained illegally and setting up the so-called “cabinet of hate” in the Planalto Palace, in charge of spreading fake news and anonymous smear campaigns on social networks against political enemies of the right-wing leader.
Jair Bolsonaro was disqualified from participating in elections until 2030 after having been condemned by the electoral justice system for having used the structure of the presidency to mount operations with false news about the electoral system before ambassadors from other countries.
Source: Ambito
