Brazil environment minister quits amid inquiry into illegal Amazon logging
by Guardian staff from on (#5KEX1)
As talks with US over protecting the rainforest stall, Ricardo Salles faces a criminal investigation
Brazil's environment minister has quit amid a criminal investigation into whether he obstructed a police inquiry into illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.
A supreme court justice authorised the investigation of Ricardo Salles after federal police raids targeted the minister and other officials alleged to have allowed illegal wood exports.
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