Federal police arrested Brazil’s former Protection Minister Walter Braga Netto after he was accused in November of plotting a coup to overturn the outcomes of the 2022 election. File
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Federal police arrested Brazil’s former Protection Minister Walter Braga Netto on Saturday (December 14, 2024), two sources advised Reuters, after he was accused in November of plotting a coup to overturn the outcomes of the 2022 election.
Mr. Braga Netto additionally served as chief of employees for former President Jair Bolsonaro and ran alongside him for the put up of Vice President in Bolsonaro’s failed re-election bid in 2022.
In a press release that didn’t title Mr. Braga Netto, federal police stated it had served an arrest warrant, two search and seizure warrants and a precautionary measure aside from arrest in opposition to people who had been allegedly hindering investigations.
Mr. Braga Netto, a retired military basic, was accused by federal police alongside Bolsonaro, former authorities ministers and former commanders of the Armed Forces of plotting a coup in 2022 after the far-right former president misplaced that yr’s election to present president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Mr. Braga Netto was accused of being one of many major influencers and organizers of the coup try to forestall Lula’s inauguration.
Mr. Braga Netto couldn’t be reached for remark, however has previously denied any wrongdoing.
Printed – December 14, 2024 05:32 pm IST
