Former adviser to Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the president of Brazil, arrested

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Fabricio Queiroz (d) arrives at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 18. (ALMEIDA / AFP via Getty Images)

(CNN Spanish) - Fabricio Queiroz, former adviser to Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, was arrested this Thursday in Sao Paulo in the framework of an operation investigating a possible corruption plot

in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro.

As reported by the Public Ministry of that state, the arrest is due to precautionary measures related to the case called "rachadinha". It is suspected that several officials of the Legislative Assembly have transferred part of their salaries to the then state deputy and son of the President of Brazil.

Through his Twitter account, Flavio Bolsonaro assured that he was facing the events of this Thursday with "calm".

"The truth will prevail. One more piece was moved on the board to attack Bolsonaro. In 16 years as a deputy in Rio there was never a comma against me. President Bolsonaro was chosen to change everything! The game is hard! ”, He pointed out.

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According to the state-run Agencia Brasil, Queiroz's name appears in a report by the Financial Activities Control Council (COAF), which detected an unusual movement equivalent to almost US $ 230,000 in an account in the name of the former adviser.

The director of the Strategic Police Operations Department (DOPE) of the Civil Police of Sao Paulo, Nico Gonçalves, told CNN Brazil that Queiroz received the police officers with raised hands and did not resist.

“I am not armed, rest assured that there will be no resistance. I will give myself up. Do they have a court order? Then we will comply with the law, "said Queiroz, according to the police chief. CNN is trying to contact his defense.

Several local media reported that in a brief filed in March 2019, Queiroz stated that he had always acted legally and denied having used public resources to benefit himself or third parties.

During the arrest, two cell phones and some documents were also seized. The detainee is expected to be transferred to Rio de Janeiro in the next few hours.