Operation Car Wash

Brazil's full Supreme Court will consider the annulment of ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's corruption convictions, after a judge on March 12 denied an appeal by prosecutors to reverse the decision that cleared the way for his political comeback.

Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro resigned on April 24 after President Jair Bolsonaro removed his "trusted man" from the federal police.

At a press conference, Moro said he was stepping down due to "political interference" in the appointment of chiefs, directors and superintendents "from politics and not due to technical merits".

Peru's former president Alan Garcia shot himself in the head on April 17 to avoid arrest in connection with alleged bribes from Brazilian builder Odebrecht, taking his own life, in the most dramatic turn yet in Latin America's largest graft scandal.

Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a top contender to win next year's presidential election, was convicted on corruption charges on July 12 and sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. 

Brazilian prosecutors running a giant corruption probe threatened to quit Nov. 30 over what they said was intimidation by members of the graft-plagued Congress, many of whom face investigation.

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BELGRADE - Brazilian police have arrested the former legislator who led the controversial charge to impeach ex-President Dilma Rousseff on corruption charges.

BRASÍLIA, Brazil - Eduardo Cunha, the former head of the Chamber of Deputies and the leader of the effort that ousted the democratically elected Dilma Rousseff, has been officially removed from his post through a vote by his fellow politicians for his role in the massive Petrobras corruption case.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been detained for questioning on Friday in an anti-corruption and money laundering operation concerning state oil company Petrobras.

The former president’s house was raided by police agents and he was brought in for questioning.

Police searched the home of Brazil's powerful ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and detained him for questioning on March 4 in a probe into a huge corruption scheme.

Agents searched his house in Sao Paulo, the offices of the Lula Institute, and houses of family members, Jose Chrispiniano, a spokesman for Lula and his institute, told AFP.

A group of lawmakers called for the resignation of the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, on Oct.1 after Switzerland provided Brazilian prosecutors with details of Swiss bank accounts in his name.