El diputado brasileño Maluf, trasladado a una cárcel de Brasilia

La víspera, la presidenta del Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Carmen Lúcia, denegó un recurso para aplazar el inicio de la ejecución de la pena hasta el fin del receso judicial de fin de año.

(FILES) Picture taken on 10 September, 2001 of Paulo Salim Maluf, 70, former Sao Paulo mayor (1969-72 and 1993-96), whilst attending the third session of testimony before the Parliamentary Investigations Commission in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Maluf, who was under investigation accused of diverting some 130 million USD of public funds to a Swiss bank account, gave himself up to police 10 September, 2005 after a judge ordered his preventive detention. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA / AFP PHOTO / MAURICIO LIMA