Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro ally’s home over illegal spying allegations

Alexandre Ramagem ran Brazil's intelligence agency under Bolsonaro, allegedly using spyware to track political opponents

Federal police agents have raided the home and offices of Brazil's spy chief under former president Jair Bolsonaro as part of an investigation into the alleged illegal monitoring of thousands of people, including two supreme court judges and a key ally of the current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Alexandre Ramagem, a former federal police chief who ran Brazil's intelligence agency, Abin, during Bolsonaro's 2019-22 administration, was targeted as part of an inquiry into a criminal organisation" that allegedly used Israeli spyware to track the political foes of the country's then president.