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Brazil police urge Bolsonaro's indictment for 2022 'coup' plot

Brazilian police on Thursday called for the indictment of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro over a 2022 "coup" plot to prevent current leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office. A police statement said its investigators concluded that Bolsonaro and 36 others planned the "violent overthrow of the democratic state." "The fight begins at the Attorney General's office," Bolsonaro said on …

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro and allies indicted in 2022 coup plot probe

CNN

CNN — Brazilian authorities have indicted the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, alongside 36 other individuals as part of the investigation into an alleged coup plot to keep power following the election of his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. On Thursday, Bolsonaro was among the 37 individuals indicted by Brazil’s federal police as part of the investigation into the …

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Brazilian police arrest 5 officers in alleged 2022 coup plot to kill President Lula, others

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Brazil ’s federal police arrested Tuesday five officers accused of plotting a coup that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, authorities said. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The police …

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Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

CNN

CNN — Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, authorities said. In addition to killing the then-president-elect, the plot also included plans to capture or kill Lula’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the …

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Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assasinate President Lula

CNN

CNN — Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, authorities said. In addition to killing the then-president-elect, the plot also included plans to capture or kill Lula’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the …

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Brazil arrests 5 military, police officials in alleged plot to kill President Lula

LA Times

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose during the G-20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Brazilian police arrested five officers accused of a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 election and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, authorities said. De Moraes, who authorized …

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Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

CNN

CNN — Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, authorities said. In addition to killing the then-president-elect, the plot also included plans to capture or kill Lula’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brazilian Judge Orders Total Suspension of Elon Musk's X Social Network

Raw Story

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the nationwide suspension of Elon Musk's X social media platform in response to the billionaire's failure to comply with the judge's directive to appoint a legal representative in the South American country. Moraes ordered the "immediate, complete, and total suspension of X's operations" in the nation of 215 million …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Brazil police to seize Jair Bolsonaro's passport as net tightens in coup probe

Hindustan Times

Brazil's federal police on Thursday sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 election. According to the decision by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes that triggered Thursday's operation, in November 2022 Bolsonaro received a draft …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Brazil police seize Jair Bolsonaro’s passport amid ‘coup’ probe

Al Jazeera

Police seize document and arrest several allies of the former far-right leader in coup attempt investigation. Police have confiscated former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and accused him of editing a draft decree to overturn election results, pressuring military chiefs to join a coup attempt and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice. According to the decision by Supreme Court …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Brazil: Bolsonaro Denies Involvement in Plan to Prevent Lula's Presidency

News 18

Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was questioned by police on Wednesday and denied he had been part of any plan to prevent his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva taking the reins. After spending about three hours at the Federal Police offices in the capital Brasilia, Bolsonaro told reporters “there was no plan” to impede Lula. A former Bolsonaro ally, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Report alleges ‘coup’ documents found on Bolsonaro aide’s phone

Al Jazeera

Bolsonaro aide Mauro Cid is accused of having ‘gathered documents’ to support a coup against Brazil’s President Lula. Released on Friday, the report alleges that the aide, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, “gathered documents with the objective of obtaining ‘legal and juridical’ support for the execution of a coup d’état”. Those documents were recovered from Cid’s cellphone, according to the report, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gives testimony to police on Jan. 8 riot

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gave testimony at the Federal Police headquarters Wednesday about his actions related to the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital, Brasilia. One week after his leftist successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office, Bolsonaro’s supporters raided and trashed the buildings of the Supreme Court, Congress and the presidential …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Ally claims Bolsonaro plotted coup to block Lula presidency

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian magazine on Thursday released audio of a senator claiming then President Jair Bolsonaro sought help in a plot to annul the October elections and keep himself in power. Do Val, who was an ally during Bolsonaro’s four-year term, said the far-right leader gave him the “mission” of recording Alexandre de Moraes, a Supreme Court …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil’s Lula accuses Bolsonaro of planning January 8 ‘coup’

Al Jazeera

The Brazilian president says former leader Jair Bolsonaro ‘actively’ participated in storming of government buildings. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has alleged that his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro actively participated in planning for his supporters to storm government offices on January 8, as a senator revealed the former far-right president attended an anti-election plot meeting. “I am certain that …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Right-wing rampage in Brazil as Bolsonaro supporters storm government buildings

The Hindu

Published : Jan 24, 2023 13:26 IST Around 5,000 extreme right-wing supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Presidential offices, the Supreme Court building, and the Federal Parliament in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, in a copycat replication of the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Moraes said that Bolsonaro’s long track record of questioning Brazil’s electoral system …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Brazil boosts security in capital as riot investigations progress

Al Jazeera

Authorities are seeking to identify anyone who helped fund or organise the storming of government offices in Brasilia. Authorities in Brazil’s capital have moved to increase security at government buildings that were ransacked by thousands of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters in what the government denounced as an “anti-democratic” attack. “We have a secure and consistent line of investigation focused …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro for riot

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized adding former President Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account. Following the justice’s decision late Friday, Bolsonaro’s lawyer Frederick Wassef said in a statement that the former …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Brazil’s Supreme Court agrees to probe Bolsonaro for riot

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the far-right mob that ransacked the country’s Congress, top court and presidential offices, a swift escalation in the probe that shows the ex-leader could face legal consequences for an extremist movement he helped build. Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted a request from the …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Brazil's Supreme Court agrees to probe Bolsonaro for riot

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro for riot

The Hindu

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized including former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation of who incited the January 8 riot in the nation's capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account. According to the text of his ruling, Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted the request from the prosecutor-general's office, which cited a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Former Bolsonaro justice minister arrested over Brazil riots

Al Jazeera

Anderson Torres was Brasilia security chief when rioters attacked government buildings in the city. Brazil’s former Minister of Justice and Public Security Anderson Torres, who was in charge of security in Brasilia during the invasion of government buildings last week, has been arrested on suspicion of “omission” and “connivance”. Torres, who was former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister, was …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Brazil top court to investigate Bolsonaro role in anti-Lula riots

Al Jazeera

Prosecutors will look into Jair Bolsonaro’s possible ‘instigation and intellectual authorship of the anti-democratic acts’ that ‘resulted’ in the riots. Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to open an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly encouraging anti-democratic protests that ended in the storming of government buildings by his supporters in the capital Brasilia. Prosecutors will investigate Bolsonaro, who is …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro in riot inquiry

LA Times

A Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice Friday authorized an investigation of whether former President Jair Bolsonaro incited Sunday’s riot in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account. After the justice’s decision late Friday, Bolsonaro’s lawyer Frederick Wassef said in a statement that the former president “vehemently repudiates the acts of vandalism and …

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Brazil police urge Bolsonaro's indictment for 2022 'coup' plot

Brazil’s Bolsonaro and allies indicted in 2022 coup plot probe

Brazilian police arrest 5 officers in alleged 2022 coup plot to kill President Lula, others

Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assasinate President Lula

Brazil arrests 5 military, police officials in alleged plot to kill President Lula

Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

Brazilian Judge Orders Total Suspension of Elon Musk's X Social Network

Brazil police to seize Jair Bolsonaro's passport as net tightens in coup probe

Brazil police seize Jair Bolsonaro’s passport amid ‘coup’ probe

Brazil: Bolsonaro Denies Involvement in Plan to Prevent Lula's Presidency

Report alleges ‘coup’ documents found on Bolsonaro aide’s phone

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gives testimony to police on Jan. 8 riot

Ally claims Bolsonaro plotted coup to block Lula presidency

Brazil’s Lula accuses Bolsonaro of planning January 8 ‘coup’

Right-wing rampage in Brazil as Bolsonaro supporters storm government buildings

Brazil boosts security in capital as riot investigations progress

Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro for riot

Brazil’s Supreme Court agrees to probe Bolsonaro for riot

Brazil's Supreme Court agrees to probe Bolsonaro for riot

Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro for riot

Former Bolsonaro justice minister arrested over Brazil riots

Brazil top court to investigate Bolsonaro role in anti-Lula riots

Top Brazil court greenlights probe of Bolsonaro in riot inquiry