Former Brazilian president Michel Temer was arrested on corruption charges Thursday, a dramatic development in a sprawling corruption probe that has roiled Brazil and showed no sign of slowing.
In a statement, the Prosecutors Office in Rio de Janeiro said Judge Marcelo Breitas had issued an arrest order for Temer and Moreira Franco, a former minister and close ally of Temer.The statement did not detail the charges against the two. A spokeswoman at the Prosecutors Office also declined to specify the charges.
Globo Television showed images of the former president being accompanied by police in Sao Paulo, where Temer lives. Helicopter images showed him getting out of a vehicle in a police convoy at an airport, presumably to be brought to Rio de Janeiro and processed. Breitas is overseeing the Rio portion of a massive corruption probe involving kickbacks to politicians and public officials. Since launching in March 2014, the so-called Car Wash investigation has led to the jailing of top business people and politicians,
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