Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro “planned” and had control of the coup plot against Lula, according to Police

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro “planned” and had control “effectively and directly” of plans to try to prevent the inauguration of the current presidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to a Federal Police report declassified this Tuesday.

“The evidence obtained by the investigation unequivocally demonstrates” Bolsonaro’s actions in these plans, woven after Lula’s victory at the polls in October 2022, says the report, which this Tuesday was sent to the Attorney General’s Office. , which will decide whether to formally charge the former president (2019-2022) and 36 others involved.

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The summary of the investigation, covered in 884 pages, gives a detailed account of the turbulent political process unleashed in Brazil after those elections, in which Lula prevailed over Bolsonaro, then in power, by a tight margin of less than 2 points, in a result not recognized by the leader of the extreme right.

Among the 37 accused, they appear together with Bolsonaro some active and reserve military leaders, former ministers, people from his close environment and even Valdemar Costa Neto, president of the Liberal Party (PL), led by the former ruler.

The report contains hundreds of messages exchanged by those involved through messaging services, as well as audios and images that, according to the Police, support the accusations for the alleged crimes of “violent abolition of the Democratic State”, “coup d’état” and “unlawful association.”

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The plans include the preparation of a possible assassination attempt on Lula, his running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and Judge Alexandre de Moraes, a member of the Supreme Court, at the time as president of the Electoral Court and now rapporteur of this case.

The assassination plans, called by the coup plotters themselves as ‘Operation Green Yellow Dagger’, in reference to the colors of the Brazilian flag, were printed at the headquarters of the Presidential Palace, according to what the Federal Police say they have verified.

Regarding that specific plan, the report says that “On November 9, 2022, after preparing and printing the document” in the Presidential Palace, General Mario Fernandes, one of those involved, went to the official residence of the Presidency, where Bolsonaro wasalthough it does not specify whether the ultra leader received it.

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In addition to Bolsonaro, among the accused is Walter Braga Netto, reserve general and former Minister of the Presidency and Defense, who was a candidate for vice president in 2022.

There are also Almir Garnier Santos, former commander of the Navy, and retired generals Augusto Heleno and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, who were part of Bolsonaro’s cabinet, who has denied all accusations and has called himself the victim of “political persecution.”