Rio de Janeiro mayor charged with corruption
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#5BZ08)
Bolsonaro ally Marcelo Crivella accused of leading well-structured and complex criminal organisation'
Rio de Janeiro's outgoing mayor Marcelo Crivella, an ally of Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested and charged with corruption.
Four carloads of police and prosecutors arrived at the mayor's house in the affluent Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood before 6am.
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