Ronaldinho at the Court of Justice in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 6, 2020. – Jorge Saenz / AP / SIPA
Former world football star Ronaldinho has been jailed for almost a month now
Paraguay. Detained for using false passports, the former winger of Barça and
PSG is in an improvised cell, the office of a police station in the capital, Asuncion.
His trial has been halted since the precautionary measures taken in the country to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Its containment partners reported that two days ago, the 2002 world champion lost with his brother Roberto, arrested and imprisoned with him, a football match against two other prisoners, one convicted of murder and the other for theft.
Private Brazilian passport
His friend and former Barça teammate, Spanish Carles Puyol, said on Friday he had spoken to him by telephone, Ronaldinho having one in his prison.
The former playmaker was arrested on March 6 with his brother. They had arrived in Asuncion two days earlier to promote a book and participate in various charitable events.
Brazilian justice deprived Ronaldinho of a passport at the end of 2018, following a fine of 2.5 million dollars (around 2.25 million euros), which he never paid, for having built an unauthorized pier at the edge of a lake in a protected area, according to Brazilian media.
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