Brazil: Police arrest five for alleged attacks on Lula

20. November 2024

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The Brazilian police arrested five people, including a former advisor to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, in connection with a suspected consolidated plot for the murder of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022.

background of the plot

The alleged coup plan was developed at the end of 2022 before Lula's office. According to the federal police, not only the presidential candidate at the time was to be killed Lula, but also plans were planned to catch or kill Lula's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and the Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes. This information comes from the arrest warrant of the Supreme Court.

arrests and details of the plan

The arrest warrant signed by Moraes on Sunday allows the preventive detention of the five suspects, including the retired General Mário Fernandes. Fernandes was previously the second highest official of the general secretariat of the presidency during Bolsonaro's term. Whether he has a lawyer is currently unclear.

In addition to the people arrested, the alleged plot was also associated with other military members who are trained in special units, the federal police reported. "The planning of the suspects outlined the necessary human and military resources to carry out the actions using advanced military operational techniques," said the police.

strategy and methods

The police stated that the plan provided for the possible creation of an “office for crisis management of the institutions” in the Brazilian government, which was to be controlled by the putschists. According to the court order, the alleged conspirators also took into account various methods to carry out political murders, including the use of poison or explosives. "The document describes possibilities for executing President Lulas Murder taking into account his health susceptibility and frequent visits to the hospital, including the possibility of using poisoning or chemical substances," quotes Moraes from an examination of the plan.

reactions and further developments

In addition to the five arrests, the suspects were prohibited from leaving the country or contacting other people who could be involved in the consolation. In February of this year, Bolsonaro was investigated because of the alleged plan. This investigation is to be completed this month, Reuters reported, citing a source familiar with the investigation.

According to a police trade, which was carried out on Tuesday, Bolsonaro is said to have been met with officials from the army and Marine in December 2022 and the Minister of Defense in order to present a document that describes the legal framework that would keep it in office.

The former president has repeatedly the An attempted coup. His son, Flavio Bolsonaro, the senator in Brazilian congress, indicated in a contribution to X that the five suspects had not committed a crime. "As hideous as it may be to think about the killing of someone, it is not a crime. And so that there is an attempt, the execution must be interrupted by a situation that lies outside the control of the perpetrators. What apparently has not happened," he wrote.

political tensions in Brazil

in October 2022 won against Bolsonaro at the presidential elections. The supporters of Bolsonaros rejected the results and rioted on January 8, 2023 in the capital Brasília by government building stormed .