Published November 19,2024
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Brazilian Federal Police arrested 5 officers concerned in an alleged plot to stage a army coup and homicide President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and prime authorities officers, authorities stated Tuesday.
Judge Alexandre de Moraes dominated that the arrest of a Federal Police officer and 4 army officers accused of taking part within the “planning of a coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law” be made public.
The operation, “Copa 2022,” by these underneath investigation, wished to observe and arrest or assassinate key figures, comparable to de Moraes, Lula and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, to overturn Lula’s election victory.
The suspects allegedly had been monitoring Moraes and Lula since November 2022, after Lula’s win within the elections.
The investigation additionally revealed that the coup plotters had taken into consideration Lula’s well being and have been planning to make use of poison to homicide the president.
Additionally, totally different choices have been thought-about for the homicide of de Moraes, together with using an explosive gadget and poison at a public occasion.
Alckmin was additionally a goal on condition that if Lula was assassinated, the presidency would fall to the vp.
The suspects additionally deliberate a “crisis cabinet” to revive order and lead Brazil following the coup.
Federal Police stated the plan entailed giving energy to Gen. Augusto Heleno, minister chief of the Institutional Security Office through the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro, and Gen. Braga Netto, former protection minister and Bolsonaro’s vice presidential candidate.
Reportedly, the suspects have been arrested in Rio de Janeiro, the place the G20 summit is happening.
Source: www.anews.com.tr