Crew member from Brazilian president's plane detained in Seville with 39 kilos of cocaine

[Judi Lynn]

2. Folha: Sergeant Arrested with 39 kilos of Cocaine Embarrasses Bolsonaro Administration

Bolsonaro said that episode is unacceptable

Jun.27.2019 2:18PM

Gustavo Uribe
Fábio Fabrini

Air Force second sergeant Manoel Silva Rodrigues, 38, was arrested in Seville, Spain, with 39 kg of cocaine in a suitcase and now the case is generating international embarrassment for president Jair Bolsonaro and the Armed Forces.

He was part of the team that supports the entourage of President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) on his trip to the G20 summit in Japan.

The military has made at least 29 trips in Brazil and abroad since 2011, several of them with the president's staff.



Air Force second sergeant Manoel Silva Rodrigues.

The president said the episode is unacceptable. The deputy, Hamilton Mourão, who holds the presidency temporarily, called the military a "qualified mule," alluding to people hired by traffickers to transport drugs.

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