Rio de Janeiro mayor arrested in corruption probe
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Rio de Janeiro mayor arrested in corruption probe
AFP / Dec 23, 2020, 16:11 IST
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Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella
RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation just nine days before the end of his term in office.
The judge leading the investigation, Rosa Helena Penna Macedo Guita, called him the head of a criminal organization . installed within the Rio mayor s office with the aim of obtaining illicit profits in the most varied ways.
After a two-hour hearing, she ordered him held in custody and television footage later showed him being transferred to a prison in the city s north.
WORLD / AMERICAS By AFP Published: Dec 23, 2020 05:33 PM Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation just nine days before the end of his term in office.
The judge leading the investigation, Rosa Helena Penna Macedo Guita, called him the head of a criminal organization . installed within the Rio mayor s office with the aim of obtaining illicit profits in the most varied ways.
After a two-hour hearing, she ordered him held in custody and television footage later showed him being transferred to a prison in the city s north.
Hours later a judge granted permission for the mayor to be held under house arrest, but Crivella will have to wear an electronic ankle bracelet, submit all his telephone and computers and not have any contact with third parties.
Rio Mayor Arrested In Corruption Probe By Jorge Svartzman with Jordi Miro in Brasilia
12/22/20 AT 11:38 PM
Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation just nine days before the end of his term in office.
The judge leading the investigation, Rosa Helena Penna Macedo Guita, called him the head of a criminal organization . installed within the Rio mayor s office with the aim of obtaining illicit profits in the most varied ways.
After a two-hour hearing, she ordered him held in custody and television footage later showed him being transferred to a prison in the city s north.
Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020 01:38 PM MYT
Rio de Janeiro s Mayor Marcelo Crivella is escorted by police officers after being detained at the police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 22, 2020. Reuters pic
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 23 Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested yesterday and ordered held in custody as part of a corruption investigation just nine days before the end of his term in office.
The judge leading the investigation, Rosa Helena Penna Macedo Guita, called him “the head of a criminal organisation . installed within the Rio mayor s office with the aim of obtaining illicit profits in the most varied ways.”