According to official sources, at least 400 supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro were arrested this Sunday for breaking into and destroying the Congress headquarters, the Presidency and the Supreme Court in an attempt to defeat President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva overthrow.
Brazil is reproducing the Trump script of two years ago: there are more than 400 detainees and insecurity in the country continues
Brazil, live | More than 400 prisoners in the coup attack in favor of Bolsonaro
DPA via Europa Press/EP
09/01/2023 11:53 Updated 09/01/2023 12:19
Key of the day in Brazil:
– Radical Bolsonarists block fuel distribution in southern Brazil
– At least 10 journalists attacked or robbed in attempted coup in Brasilia
– Number of Bolsonaristas arrested for attempted coup rises to 400
– Former President Jair Bolsonaro’s opposition Liberal Party (PL) condemns the “raids” of the National Congress
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The number of those arrested in the coup attack in favor of Bolsonaro rises to 300
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I come to tell you that more than 400 people have been arrested and will pay for the crimes committed. We continue to work to identify everyone else involved in these terrorist attacks in the Federal District this afternoon. We continue to work to restore order.
— Ibaneis Rocha (@IbaneisOficial) January 8, 2023
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