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Federal Police agents fanned out across São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Ceará and Brasília on Thursday to serve 49 search warrants in an inquiry into "Dark Horse," the biopic of former President Jair Bolsonaro, and how it got paid for. 

Congressman Mário Frias and producer Karina Gama, whose company Go Up made the film, were among the targets. Justice Flávio Dino authorized the operation, which traces congressional budgetary grants rather than private money. Frias steered BRL 2 million (just over USD 391,000) in 2024 to an institute chaired by Gama, part of BRL 2.6 million that Bolsonaro allies directed to the same nonprofit… 

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