Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assasinate President Lula
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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.
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. The coup plot was conceived in late 2022, before Lula took office, according to Federal Police. 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 Supreme Court said in its arrest order. The order, signed by Moraes on Sunday, authorizes the preventative detention of the five suspects, including retired general Mário Fernandes. Fernandes was previously the second-highest ranking executive of the General Secretariat of the Presidency during Bolsonaro’s administration, CNN Brasil reported. It’s unclear if he has an attorney. CNN has reached out to a representative of Bolsonaro for comment. The alleged plot also involved other military personnel with training in special forces, the Federal Police said.
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