They arrested the former president of Brazil Michel Temer

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday as part of the Lava Jato operation. After Lula da Silva, he is the second exmandatario arrested as part of the largest investigation against Corruption in the history of Brazil.

The arrest of Temer was ordered by the federal judge Marcelo Bretas, from Rio de Janeiro, who also asked for arrest of former Wellington Minister Moreira Franco, an important collaborator of the former president and member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party.

The prosecutor's office came twice to ask the Supreme Court for the opening of the trial for corruption against fear Congress refused to allow the proceedingsso that all the cases against him depended on the loss of the privileged jurisdiction with the end of his mandate.

according to World, the investigation on Bretas opened by the denunciation of a businessman who badured that paid a million reais (over $ 260,000) to get a contract at the Angra 3 nuclear power plant. Jose Antunes Sobrinho, owner of the Engevix construction company, said the money had been handed over at the request of Colonel João Baptista Lima Filho (a friend of the former president) Minister Moreira Franco and with the knowledge of Temer.

Allegations of corruption against Temer

Temer badumed the presidency after Dilma Rousseff was sacked by Congress, accused of manipulating public accounts. From the beginning of his term, the Conservative President has been accused several times of corruption. However, Congress rejected the first two complaints against him.

In early December, Temer received a third charge. According to the Attorney General's office, the former president would have benefited some companies in the port sector and would have incurred money laundering. Moreover, in that context, he received undue payments from the Rodrimar group.

According to the survey, the participation of Fear of illegal activities in the sector The port dates from 1998, when the politician was a federal MP.

Lula, another former president at the center of Lava Jato operation

In early February, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was already serving a prison sentence, added a new sentence. Justice has sentenced him to 12 years and 11 months in prison in another case of corruption and money laundering in the Lava Jato investigation.

This was the second sentence in less than two years against Lula, 73, arrested since April 7 at the headquarters of the federal police of the city of Curitiba, in southern Brazil, in order to magistrate of Period, Sergio Moro.