Federal police in Brazil raided the home of the former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday, as part of an investigation into possible falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards.
The former president’s mobile phone was seized.
The raid took place early Wednesday morning at the former president’s home in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia. The Federal Police say they served 16 search and seizure warrants, as well as six preventive arrest warrants in the capital and in Rio de Janeiro. The names of the targeted individuals were not disclosed.
Investigators say officials in Bolsonaro’s inner circle created false vaccination certificates so that unvaccinated travelers, including the former president, his family members and assistants’ relatives, could enter the U.S. and circumvent mandatory immunization requirements.