Former Brazilian President Michel Temer Arrested for the Lava Jato Case – 21/03/2019

The former president of Brazil Michel Temer He was arrested Thursday in San Pablo as part of the Lava Jato case. The measure was ordered by the federal judge of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Bretas, who also asked the arrest of former Wellington Minister Moreira Franco, an important collaborator of the former president and his co-religious in the party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

The arrest warrant against the former president was based on the repentance of Lucio Funaro, a former MDB operator, launched in 2017.

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The Office of the Prosecutor has come twice to appeal to the Supreme Court for the prosecution of corruption against Temer while he was president, but Congress refused to allow the proceedings. the end of his term.

Temer, 78, was elected vice-president of Brazil in 2011 as a vice-presidential candidate for Dilma Rousseff. badumed the presidency on August 31, 2016 after the dismissal of the PT leader.

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