Joao Santana, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's campaign chief, is escorted by federal police officers as he leaves the Institute of Forensic Science in Curitiba, Brazil, February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors charged political strategist Joao Santana, the architect of President Dilma Rousseff's 2010 and 2014 election victories, and 16 others with corruption on Thursday as part of a massive graft investigation.
Santana, who was arrested in February, is accused of receiving bribes from engineering conglomerate Odebrecht in a scheme to divert funds from state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol told a news conference.
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