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Haddad Says Daniel Vorcaro Would Leave Jail if Flávio Bolsonaro Wins

From Estadão · () Portuguese

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  • Fernando Haddad said Daniel Vorcaro, the former controller of Banco Master, would be released if Senator Flávio Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidency.
  • Haddad alleged that 40 billion reais linked to Brazilian funds remained outside the country and accused Vorcaro-linked nominees of managing the money.
  • He defended President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s handling of Banco Master and said Lula had allowed the Federal Police and prosecutors to operate without protecting political allies.

Fernando Haddad said Tuesday that Daniel Vorcaro, the former controller of Banco Master, would not remain in jail if Senator Flávio Bolsonaro were elected president of Brazil.

“They will agree on what to do with the 40 billion reais that are outside Brazil, in the name of God knows who,” Haddad said during an interview with Nova Brasil FM. He alleged that the money belonged to Brazilians and was held in funds managed by nominees linked to Vorcaro.

They will agree on what to do with the 40 billion reais that are outside Brazil, in the name of God knows who.

· Fernando HaddadHe alleged that money connected to Brazilian funds was held outside the country and linked it to Flávio Bolsonaro and Daniel Vorcaro.

Vorcaro has been held in preventive detention at the Papudinha complex in Brasília since March. Federal Police first arrested him in November 2025 during an investigation into Banco Master.

Haddad, a former finance minister and the Workers’ Party candidate for São Paulo governor, said Banco Master became what it was under Roberto Campos Neto’s leadership of the Central Bank. Campos Neto was appointed by former President Jair Bolsonaro. Haddad said the bank was liquidated only under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Banco Master financed Jair Bolsonaro’s and Tarcísio de Freitas’s campaigns in 2022. It did not finance mine or President Lula’s. It financed campaigns involving people with whom it had ties.

· Fernando HaddadHe discussed alleged political links to Banco Master’s campaign financing.

“Banco Master financed Jair Bolsonaro’s and Tarcísio de Freitas’s campaigns in 2022. It did not finance mine or President Lula’s. It financed campaigns involving people with whom it had ties,” Haddad said. Tarcísio, São Paulo’s governor, is a direct rival of Haddad in this year’s election.

Haddad defended Lula by saying the president maintained institutional ties with the country’s main public leaders but did not seek to protect anyone. “He does not protect his son, he does not protect the Supreme Court minister, he does not protect his minister, he does not protect the senator, he protects no one,” Haddad said. He defined that approach as allowing the Federal Police and Public Prosecutor’s Office to work, rather than replacing a justice minister to protect a son, as he alleged Bolsonaro had done for Flávio. Flávio Bolsonaro has linked Lula to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after revelations about messages between Moraes and Vorcaro.

He does not protect his son, he does not protect the Supreme Court minister, he does not protect his minister, he does not protect the senator, he protects no one.

· Fernando HaddadHaddad defended Lula’s conduct toward investigations and political figures.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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