As part of an investigation into fake Covid-19 vaccine cards, Bolsonaro's aide was raided and arrested amid the fake Covid-19 vaccination records scandal.
The mansion of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and other locations in Brasília, and Rio de Janeiro were raided by police on Wednesday as part of an investigation into fake Covid-19 vaccine cards.
As part of the arrest, Bolsonaro's "right-hand man" Lt Col Mauro Cid Barbosa was one of six people arrested Wednesday morning, The Guardian reports.
Two of Bolsonaro’s security guards were also taken into custody. The ex-president was expected to be questioned later on Wednesday. Bolsonaro’s mobile phone was seized at his residence in Brasília and he was obliged to hand over the password after initially resisting.
Federal police reportedly believe a series of official Covid vaccination records were falsified on Brazil’s health ministry database in order to produce bogus vaccination certificates that woul...