Brazilian police indict ex-President Bolsonaro in undeclared diamonds case, sources say

October 20, 2024

Brazilian police indicted Bolsonaro on Thursday, July 4, 2024, for money laundering and criminal association, sources say. This is Bolsonaro's second indictment since leaving office, following another in May for allegedly falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Police said in August that Bolsonaro received cash from the nearly $70,000 sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia. Psychologist Deborah Santos watched news of Bolsonaro's indictment in a bakery in Sao Paulo's up-market Vila Madalena neighborhood. Bolsonaro is expected to meet Argentinian President Javier Milei this weekend at a conservative conference in Balneario Camboriu, in Brazil’s south.