Brazil's Lula Targeted in Police Raid Into Corruption Scandal

  • Prosecutors probing whether he received Petrobras kickbacks
  • 'I won't bow my head,' Lula said from party headquarters

Former Brazilian President Lula Detained in Probe

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Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his detention on Friday was a politically motivated media spectacle, vowing to fight charges in a corruption scandal that has shaken Latin America’s largest country.

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