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Former Temer Aide Rocha Loures Named as Defendant in Corruption Probe
12/12/2017 - 11H21
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FROM BRASÍLIA
On Monday (the 11th) Judge Jaime Travassos Sarinho, from the 10th Federal Court in Brasília, admitted the charge of accepting a bribe against form aide to President Michel Temer, Rodrigo Rocha Loures (PMDB-PR party).
Rocha Loures is now a defendant in the case in which he is charged with receiving a suitcase with a R$ 500,000 (US$ 151,500) bribe from meatpacking giant JBS, whose intended final recipient was the President.
The charge was originally issued by the Prosecutor General's Office against both Temer and the former aide, but the lower house of Congress blocked any further action against the President, which can only resume again after he leaves office.
With this decision the Federal Supreme Court (STF) referred the case back to the lower court which is hearing a penal case against Rocha Loures.
More:
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2017/12/1942625-former-temer-aide-rocha-loures-named-as-defendant-in-corruption-probe.shtml
Rodrigo Rocha Loures and his boss, President Michel Temer.
