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Former Brazilian President Collor arrested

Brazil’s former president, Collor de Mello jailed for corruption
Brazil’s former president, Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday and taken to prison to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering. This marks another dramatic fall from grace among the country’s political elite.
Brazil's ex-president Collor de Mello arrested in corruption case: police source
Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday, a federal police source told AFP, after a top court upheld his nearly nine-year sentence on corruption and money laundering charges.
Brazil's former President Fernando Collor arrested after corruption conviction
Brazil’s former President Fernando Collor was arrested early on Friday in the northeastern state of Alagoas and ordered to begin serving a prison sentence stemming from his 2023 conviction for corrupt
Former Brazilian President Collor arrested after corruption sentence
Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday in the northeastern city of Maceio after a Supreme Court justice rejected his challenges against a previous conviction and ordered him to start serving jail time.
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In a big move, Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of a former president. On April 24, Judge Alexandre de Moraes decided that Fernando Collor de Mello must go to jail right away. This happened after Collor tried to challenge a court ruling from last year that found him guilty of serious crimes.
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