Eduardo Cunha, the Brazilian politician who orchestrated the impeachment of the country’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, has been arrested on corruption charges. The arrest was ordered by federal judge Sergio Moro, who has gained celebrity in Brazil by leading that probe, which has ensnared dozens of leading politicians. Brazilian politician who led Rousseff impeachment is expelled from office Read moreMoro has been investigating Cunha for months but could only arrest him after he was expelled from the chamber of deputies last month, and lost his parliamentary immunity. The reviled evangelical politician, 58, played a crucial role in the impeachment of Rousseff in August. “Eduardo Cunha has just been arrested,” Lindbergh Farias of Rousseff’s Workers’ party told the senate.

Source: The Guardian October 19, 2016 16:13 UTC