Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who left for the United States two days before the end of his term, will return to the country on March 30. This was announced by his party and the press service, according to France24..

The ex-president’s entourage said that Bolsonaro handed over to the authorities, through his lawyers, some of the jewelry donated to him by the Saudi government.. The 68-year-old far-right leader has been involved in a scandal over this and is accused of bringing the jewelry into Brazil illegally..

Bolsonaro will arrive in Brazil on Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 am, the Liberal Party announced on social networks.

After losing an election to leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last October, Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida on December 30, just two days before the new president was sworn in when he was due to hand over power to his successor..

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Brazil's ex-president denies his guilt, but he is accused of smuggling expensive gifts from the Saudi government into the country.

The scandal erupted when the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported that customs officers intercepted an aide to the then Bolsonaro-era Minister of Mines and Energy trying to enter Brazil with diamonds from the Swiss company Chopard after an official trip to Saudi Arabia in October 2021..

It was later revealed that Bolsonaro was in possession of a second set of jewels, also from Chopard, which made it to Brazil undetected after the same trip..

Travelers entering Brazil with goods worth more than a thousand dollars are required to declare them and pay high import taxes.

According to media reports, the cost of jewelry, some of which are believed to have been a gift for the wife of the former president, is $3.2 million for the first set and at least $75,000 for the second..

“I learned this story a year later, and my wife learned about it from the press,” Bolsonaro said..

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A close associate of the former president, Senator Marcos Du Val, has turned against him and claims that Bolsonaro and his henchmen tried to "