The president of , (-AP), received Mounjaro from businessman Roberto Leme, known as Beto Louco, investigated by Operation Hidden Carbon, according to .
Messages exchanged between Leme and a private driver from Brasília show, according to the publication, that the businessman presented the senator with pens of the product, indicated for the treatment of diabetes and which is commonly used for weight loss.
A Sheet He contacted Alcolumbre, via consultancy, and is still awaiting a response. The UOL report also contacted the president of the Senate since Wednesday afternoon (3), but there was no response.
Leme is on the run and is named by the PF as the leader of a fuel fraud and money laundering scheme. It is also the target of two more operations: Tank and Quasar. One of the suspicions involves the connection of gas stations under investigation with the criminal faction PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital).
The case of the Mounjaro pens would have happened around August 2024, when Alcolumbre was already the favorite to succeed as president of the House, replacing Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).
Upon learning of the senator’s interest in the medicine, amid reports of difficulties in accessing the product in Brazil, Beto Louco promised Alcolumbre to arrange some pens with a contact in São Paulo and deliver them quickly to Brasília, according to UOL.
The driver from Alcolumbre, Janduí Nunes Bezerra Filho, confirmed to the portal that he remembered the delivery made and confirmed that he knew the driver from Beto Louco who delivered the medicine.
Beto Louco’s defense told the UOL report that they were unaware of the facts. He also denied that the businessman had a relationship with the PCC.
The case was revealed at a time of instability in the relationship between Alcolumbre and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). The climate between the two worsened after the PT member nominated the Union’s attorney general to the STF (Supreme Federal Court), frustrating the plans of the head of the Senate, who had Pacheco as his favorite.
Since then, Planalto has attempted rapprochement with Alcolumbre. Lula even met with the rapporteur for Messias’ nomination in the House, Weverton Rocha (PDT-MA), in an attempt to guarantee approval of the name by the senators, and Messias himself publicly praised Alcolumbre.
The head of the Senate, in turn, ended, under allegations that the government did not send the message regarding the nomination to the House, which goes against protocol and disrupts the schedule, according to Alcolumbre. Without this step, the Senate cannot decide whether or not to accept the nomination
With this cancellation, there is now more time for Messias to campaign and obtain support from senators, which is good for the government. On the other hand, Alcolumbre used strong words to refer to the lack of formal communication of the nomination by Planalto. He accused the Executive of “omission of responsibility”.
The last time . Barring Messiah’s nomination would cause an almost unprecedented political crisis.
Since the announcement of Messiah’s name, Alcolumbre’s reaction has been negative. Following Lula’s confirmation, the head of the Senate included one for the government budget on the agenda, in one of the first initial gestures of the crisis between the Powers.
