Brazilian police search Jair Bolsonaro mansion and arrest aide
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#6BD8C)
Police investigate suspected efforts to fake Covid-19 vaccination records in order to travel to US
Federal police have searched the mansion of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro and arrested one of his closest aides as part of an investigation into suspected criminal efforts to fake Covid-19 vaccination records in order to travel to the US.
Lt Col Mauro Cid Barbosa, described by the Brazilian press as Bolsonaro's right-hand man", was one of six people arrested on Wednesday morning as police raided multiple addresses in the capital, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro.
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