The Brazilian Federal Police carried out an operation on Wednesday at the residence of the former president. Jair Bolsonaroin an operation to falsify Covid-19 vaccination certificates, official sources said.

The vaccination records of the ex-president, several of his relatives and advisers would be rigged to gain access to the US.

The actions of this environment are aimed at clarifying the actions of the alleged criminal organization, which included false information about vaccination against covid-19 in the systems that collected this information in the Ministry of Health.

“At the same time, these people were able to issue appropriate vaccination certificates and use them to avoid the current sanitary restrictions imposed by government authorities (Brazil and the United States) in order to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, in this case the covid pandemic,” the statement said. federal police.

An operation in which the authorities serve six arrest warrants and 16 raids in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro were authorized by Supreme Court Magistrate Alexandre de Moraes.

Authorities have detained at least five people so far, including two former advisers and a member of the former president’s security detail.

Mobile phones of the far-right leader and his wife, Michel Bolsonarowere seized by the authorities during a search.