The Brazilian Federal Police suspect fraud in Bolsonaro’s vaccination card – 05/04/2023 – Brazil

2023-05-04 12:07:00

The Federal Police carried out this Wednesday (3) a search and seizure order at the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and the arrest of some of his closest former advisers. According to the PF, the suspects would have made attempts to enter false data on vaccination for Covid-19 into the Ministry of Health system between November 2021 and December 2022. On behalf of Justice Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Court, the PF points out to Mauro Cid, a former assistant to Bolsonaro, as the main organizer of the scheme. According to the corporation, Bolsonaro was aware of the fraudulent entry of data into the system. “Jair Bolsonaro, Mauro Cid and, possibly, Marcelo Câmara were fully aware of the fraudulent insertion of vaccination data, remaining without reporting such facts until now,” says the PF.

Mauro Cid and Luis Marcos dos Reis, former advisers, Max Guilherme de Moura and Sergio Cordeiro, Bolsonaro’s security guards, Ailton Moraes Barros, candidate for state deputy for the PL-RJ in 2022, and João Carlos de Sousa Brecha, secretary of the City Hall of Duque de Caxias (RJ), a Bolsonaro stronghold in the Baixada Fluminense from where the fraud would have operated, were the subject of an arrest warrant. Former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro is also under investigation. Investigators detected two fraud attempts. In the last one, data would have been inserted to affirm that the then president and the other beneficiaries would have been vaccinated and thus be able to issue a vaccination certificate to travel to the United States. Insertion, as you may have learned Sheet, took place on December 21, before Bolsonaro’s trip to the US Data indicates that Bolsonaro would have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The president denied the fraud and assures that he has never been vaccinated. “The research indicates that the objective of the group would be to keep the identity element cohesive in relation to its ideological agenda, in this case, to support the discourse directed at those against the Covid-19 vaccination.” The United States requires travelers to present proof of vaccination against Covid-19 – a requirement that will end on the 11th.

According to the US government, there are exceptions, such as people on diplomatic trips or foreign government officials. According to the US Embassy, ​​defrauding documents to try to enter the country is a crime that can lead to a fine and even imprisonment.

_{Translated by AZAHARA MARTIN ORTEGA}

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