Brazilian police say convicted former governor is a fugitive
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Brazilian police say a former governor who was convicted of embezzlement and money laundering has failed to turn himself in and is considered a fugitive from justice.
The press office of the state's civil police said Wednesday that Eduardo Azeredo's legal team had agreed he would turn himself in Tuesday night after a court in Minas Gerais state denied his appeal and issued an arrest warrant. But he didn't show up at the agreed-upon time.
On Wednesday, police were heading to addresses linked to Azeredo, hoping to bring him in.
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Azeredo was governor of Minas Gerais in the 1990s and later served in Congress.