Brazil: arrest warrants for the financiers of the attempted 'coup'

Feb 20, 2023 - 10:57
Brazil: arrest warrants for the financiers of the attempted 'coup'


BRASILIA-In Brazil, Justice Minister Flavio Dino announced that the federal police have already identified in ten states of the country people suspected of having economic ties to the organizers of Sunday's attempted coup in Brasilia and said they are already arrest warrants have been issued. The names were not disclosed. The suspects also allegedly financed the rental of buses to take the extremists to the capital. The Supreme Court of Brazil has ordered the arrest of the former commander of the military police of the Federal District of Brasilia, Fabio Augusto Vieira.

The minister said that responsibility also lies with those who were not present at the attacks: financiers and organizers.The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, intends to return to his homeland "in the coming weeks", since his mission "is not over yet". He announced it today during an event of the Evangelical Church of the Nations in Boca Raton, Florida, which according to the organizers was attended by about a thousand people. Nova News reports it. “We all have a mission on Earth. And mine is not over yet ”, Bolsonaro said in his speech, taken up by the Brazilian newspaper“ O Globo ”. While showing interest in some emerging personalities at the regional level, the former president added that Brazil currently lacks "a leadership capable of uniting the national right-wing electorate". Bolsonaro has been in the United States since the end of December 2022.

From here he watched from a distance the inauguration of the new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and the assault by his supporters on the palaces of power in Brasilia last January 8, with the Brazilian judiciary currently investigating his responsibility for he. During his stay in Florida, the former president participated in various religious and conservative events. One of these took place last week at Trump National Doral Miami and was organized by Turning Point USA, a non-profit organization animated by young US conservatives. On this occasion Bolsonaro attacked left-wing governments in Latin America, stating that they want "equality in poverty". The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, intends to return to his homeland "in the coming weeks", since his mission "is not over yet". He announced it today during an event of the Evangelical Church of the Nations in Boca Raton, Florida, which according to the organizers was attended by about a thousand people. “We all have a mission on Earth. And mine is not over yet ”, Bolsonaro said in his speech, taken up by the Brazilian newspaper“ O Globo ”.

While showing interest in some emerging personalities at the regional level, the former president added that Brazil currently lacks "a leadership capable of uniting the national right-wing electorate". Bolsonaro has been in the United States since the end of December 2022. From here he remotely witnessed the inauguration of the new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and the assault by his supporters on the palaces of power in Brasilia on 8 January , with the Brazilian judiciary currently investigating his responsibilities. During his stay in Florida, the former president participated in various religious and conservative events. One of these took place last week at Trump National Doral Miami and was organized by Turning Point USA, a non-profit organization animated by young US conservatives. On this occasion Bolsonaro attacked left-wing governments in Latin America, stating that they want "equality in poverty".