Former Brazil highway police chief arrested in vote interference probe - source

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The former head of Brazil's Federal Highway Police, Silvinei Vasques, was arrested on Wednesday in a police operation to investigate interference in the 2022 presidential election run-off, a source linked to the police operation told Reuters.

In the October vote, highway police carried out operations and roadblocks in northeastern Brazil that delayed the arrival of some voters to polling stations. Critics alleged vote suppression that could have benefited then President Jair Bolsonaro.