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The Guardian - US
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Staff and agencies in São Paulo

Brazil police indict Bolsonaro over alleged falsification of vaccination data

a man in a yellow jersey looks backward as people surround him with flags and their phones held high
Jair Bolsonaro is surrounded by supporters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

Brazil’s federal police have accused Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying his own Covid-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader with others potentially in store.

The supreme court on Tuesday released the police’s indictment which alleges Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into the public health database to make it appear as though the former president, his 12-year-old daughter and several others in his circle had received the Covid-19 vaccine.

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