In Brazil, the family of newly inaugurated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is facing a growing scandal after Brazil’s biggest newspaper linked Bolsonaro’s son Flávio to members of a notorious criminal syndicate and militia known as The Crime Bureau. According to the paper O Globo, Flávio Bolsonaro has long-standing ties to a pair of Rio de Janeiro police officers now working for The Crime Bureau. Flávio Bolsonaro even employed the wife and mother of one of the former officers as recently as last year. The pair have been named suspects in the assassination of prominent human rights and gay rights activist and city councilmember Marielle Franco, who was shot dead along with her driver in Rio de Janeiro in March.
Brazil: Son of President Bolsonaro Linked to Criminal Syndicate
HeadlineJan 24, 2019