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Brazil ex-President Temer back in custody on graft charges

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bra- According to the prosecu-
zil's former President Michel tors, construction company
Temer was arrested for a Engevix paid Temer bribes
second time on corruption in exchange for a contract
charges Thursday, a sign to build a nuclear power
that the former back-room plant in the city of Angra
dealmaker may be running dos Reis in the southern
out of moves in the face of part of Rio de Janeiro state.
a sprawling probe that has Prosecutors alleged in a
roiled Latin America's larg- previous statement that
est nation. one Engevix executive said
Temer, 78, was taken to the in plea bargain testimony
headquarters of the fed- that he paid more than
eral police in Sao Paulo. It $300,000 in 2014 to a com-
was not immediately clear pany owned by a close
where he would spend the Temer associate, Col. Joao
night, a decision that must Baptista Lima Filho. An ar-
be made by a judge. As rest warrant was also issued
a former president, Temer for Lima Filho.
was entitled to special ac- Temer was first arrested in
commodations, both as a March but freed on appeal
detainee and prisoners. five days later by a judge
Temer's latest legal woes who argued he did not
began Wednesday, when Former Brazilian President Michel Temer, center, leaves his residence inside a federal police ve- pose a risk to the ongoing
a federal judge ordered hicle as he turns himself in for arrest on corruption charges as part of a sprawling graft probe in Sao investigation.
the former president to re- Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 9, 2019. Temer's lawyer, Eduardo
turn to jail while he's inves- Associated Press Carnelos, has criticized the
tigated in several cases court's latest decision, call-
of alleged corruption re- has ensnared many of the After Temer left his home in the house on foot, declin- ing the former president's
lated to the Car Wash, a country's elite since bei ng police custody, the former ing to speak to journalists. detention an "injustice" with
far-reaching probe that launched in 2014. president's daughter, left "This is a siege!" she said. "no foundations."q

Argentina lawmaker fights for life after brazen shooting

Associated Press man also steps out and
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina walks away calmly. When
(AP) — An Argentine law- a police officer arrives on
maker was seriously injured the scene, the car drives
and a provincial official away slowly.
killed Thursday in one of the Security Minister Patricia
most brazen political at- Bullrich said the shooting
tacks in the South American "confirms the presence of
country since it returned to mafias in our country."
democracy in 1983. "Yadón was killed from a
Héctor Olivares, represen- car that was waiting for
tative of La Rioja province in him," Bullrich said in a press
Argentina's lower house of conference. "They shoot
congress, was shot around the main target, which was
7 a.m. local time near the Yadón; they achieve his
congressional building in murder and having the op-
Buenos Aires, officials said. portunity to murder Oliva-
He is being treated for gun- res, they decide not to kill
shot wounds that pierced him."
his abdomen and affected Bullrich said authorities
vital organs. found the car used in the
The dead man was identi- Police stand near the crime scene where Argentine lawmaker Hector Olivares was seriously in- crime and have identified
fied by Telam state news jured and another man killed after they were shot at from a Parked car near the congressional the suspects, but she said
agency as Miguel Mar- building, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 9, 2019. the motive has not been
celo Yadón, a coordinator Associated Press confirmed and is still being
who works in the fiduciary investigated.
of La Rioja's federal elec- lences to Yadón's family. collected evidence at the men walk by, they're seen Local TV broadcast imag-
tric transportation system. "We're moved by this at- crime scene. being shot at close range. es late Thursday of federal
Telam says the men, who tack," Macri said in a tele- Local media initially report- Yadón collapses on the police officers escorting a
reportedly were friends vised address. "We're pray- ed that Yadón and Olivares sidewalk, while an injured man suspected of having
since their teenage years, ing for Héctor's life ... We will had been shot from a mov- Olivares tries to get up and links to the attack from his
were shot at least six times. do everything to find out ing vehicle, but a surveil- holds up his arms in a des- apartment into a police
Argentine President Mauri- what happened and find lance video of the shoot- perate cry for help. car. His face was covered
cio Macri said doctors were out who is guilty of this." ing released by the security A burly man in the driver's by a hood, and authorities
trying to save Olivares' life As Macri spoke, authorities ministry showed a parked seat then steps out of the did not release any other
and he expressed condo- wearing white jumpsuits car waiting for them. As the car and paces. Another details.q