Then-President Jair Bolsonaro met the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, who would have sent the jewels to Michelle
the former president Jair Bolsonaro
(PL-RJ) is not being investigated by Federal police
in the scandal of diamond jewelry
given by the government of Saudi Arabia
to the Brazilian State. The information was provided this Tuesday (14) by delegate Adalto Machado.
The person in charge of the process opened at the Police Station for the Repression of Treasury Crimes explained that “the investigation is being carried out in secrecy”. However, he made it clear that the country’s former president “does not appear as being investigated so far”. The positioning took place after a petition filed last Monday (13) by Paulo Cunha Bueno, lawyer of the former ruler of Brazil.
Cunha Bueno also reported in the document that Bolsonaro is available to testify, if called by the Federal Police. The lawyer also requested access to the records “if confirming the existence of a police inquiry or similar procedure”.
understand the case
According to a report by “O Estado de S. Paulo”, a first package of jewelry, valued at BRL 16 million from the Chopard brand, was delivered by the government of Saudi Arabia to Michelle Bolsonaro, who visited the Arab country in October 2021. Among the gifts were a ring, necklace, watch and diamond earrings.
However, upon arriving in the country, the pieces were found at the customs at Guarulhos Airport, in São Paulo, in the backpack of an advisor to Bento Albuquerque, then Minister of Mines and Energy. He still tried to use his office to release the diamonds, however, he was unable to recover them, since in Brazil the law determines that all assets worth more than US$ 1,000 must be declared.
Faced with this fact, the Bolsonaro government would have tried four times to recover the jewels, through the ministries of Economy, Mines and Energy and Foreign Affairs. The then president even sent an official letter to the Federal Revenue, requesting that the jewels be sent to the Presidency of the Republic.
In the last attempt, three days before leaving the government, a civil servant used a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane to travel to Guarulhos. He would have identified himself as “Jairo” and argued that no object from the previous government could be left to the next one.
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