Ronaldinho was due to board a private flight to Rio de Janeiro from Asuncion International Airport on Tuesday, the day after his release in a case of forged passport use. "Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto have the authorization to travel from 11 am local (5 pm)", announced to the press the minister of the National Defense Council, Federico Gonzalez. "From the court, we already have an official letter for the Migration Department to lift the ban on leaving the country," one of the former player's defense lawyers told local radio Monumental. .
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, said Ronaldinho, and his brother Roberto were released on Monday after more than five months of detention in Paraguay. The two men were arrested on March 6 in this country for using false official documents. The former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain player was fined $ 90,000. As for his brother, he was sentenced to two years in prison, paid a fine of $ 110,000 and the obligation to appear every four months before a Brazilian judge for two years. Paraguayan justice considered that he had knowledge of the fraud.
He celebrated his 40th birthday in detention
After being detained in a police station in Asuncion, where the Ballon d'Or 2005 celebrated its 40th birthday on March 21, the two brothers had been under house arrest for almost five months in a luxury hotel in the capital, against the deposit. bond of $ 1.6 million. Coming in particular to promote a book, they are accused of having entered Paraguay in possession of forged Paraguayan passports.
About 20 people have already been arrested in connection with this case, mostly immigration officials or police. According to airport sources at AFP, the private plane should take off between 11:30 am and 11:45 am local time for a flight time of about two hours to Rio de Janeiro.
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