Brazil's police investigate Bolsonaro's intelligence boss over alleged political spying
Court records show that Brazil’s federal police are investigating the country’s former intelligence chief as part of a wider probe into alleged spying on political opponents under former President Jair Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police are investigating the country's former intelligence chief as part of a wider probe into alleged spying on political opponents under former President Jair Bolsonaro, court records showed Thursday.
The former intelligence chief, Alexandre Ramagem, was among those targeted by the 21 search warrants that the Supreme Court authorized and that were carried out by police early Thursday morning.
Police are investigating an “organized crime” group that operated within the intelligence agency, known by its Portuguese acronym ABIN, during Ramagem’s tenure, according to a police statement.
The group essentially ran a “parallel structure” within ABIN, using the agency’s tools and services “for illicit actions, producing information for political and media use, to obtain personal benefits and interfere with police investigations,” it said.
