Rico Melquiades points out persecution of influencers after Deolane's arrest

Influencer Rico Melquiades, 33, made an outburst on social media after the arrest of Deolane Bezerra, 38, this Thursday (21). The champion of "A Fazenda" used Instagram to lament that the businesswoman was woken up by the police in the morning.

"Every day that passes makes it more shameful to be Brazilian. Nowadays, the roles have been reversed, the influencers are the criminals. And the real criminals and criminals are [considered] honest and family people", he said, in stories.

"Who really should be arrested and woken up in the morning with the police at the door, isn't it. But nowadays the influencers are all arrested, they are all criminals, bandits", he detonated.

Deolane Bezerra's arrest
The former participant of "A Fazenda" was arrested by Operation Vérnix, which investigates a money laundering scheme by the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), the main faction in São Paulo.

According to information gathered by CNN Brasil, last week, the influencer, who was in Rome, Italy, was included on the Interpol Red Diffusion list, but she returned to Brazil last Wednesday (20).

Like Deolane, Marco Herbas Camacho (Marcola) was also arrested, and a brother and two nephews of the man considered number 1 in the faction are being investigated. In addition to them, one of those investigated was the financial operator of the scheme, identified as Everton de Souza, aka "Player".

*With information from Vitor Bonets, in collaboration with CNN Brasil, and Carolina Figueiredo, from CNN Brasil

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Source: CNN