The Brazilian police were deployed this Friday a new operation arrest eight suspected of “participating in, financing or promoting” the January 8 violent assault on power to overthrow President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who intends to meet the high command of the Armed Forces.
Lula and Defense Minister José Mucio Monteiro are expected to meet with Army Commander General Julio Arruda, Navy Chief Admiral Marcos Olsen, and Air Force Chief Marcelo on Friday morning at Planalto. Damascene.
In an interview this week, Lula said it’s important “Do not politicize the Armed Forces” and commented that the “Army, Navy and Air Force” intelligence services did not inform him of the invasion of the Planalto Palace by followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro on January 8.
The president of Brazil is also carrying out a purge of the security forces. On Thursday he fired 18 police chiefs after firing dozens of soldiers.
The head of the cabinet, Rui Costa, anticipated that discussions will be held at this Thursday’s meeting a program of “modernization” and re-equipment of the Armed Forces.
It is not excluded that the meeting will discuss the attacks on the buildings of the Presidency, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court by activists, some of whom had been camping for weeks in tents set up in front of the Army Command.
the operative
The operation, authorized by the Supreme Court, also covers 16 search warrants in six states of the country: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal District of Brasilia, as reported by the Federal Police in a note.
“The facts under investigation constitute, in theory, the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’etatqualified damage, illicit association, instigation to commit crimes and destruction of particularly protected property,” the agency said.
Last Monday the police launched another operation, limited to the interior of Rio, to arrest three other suspects to “lead” and “organize” acts of coup after Lula’s victory in October.
The inmates of that operation were on Monday a second lieutenant in the Rio Fire Departmentadvisor to a Bolsonaro regional deputy and woman in charge of raising funds to finance the attack on institutions.
On this Friday’s police action again The identities of the eight suspects have not been released What are the police looking for.
For the assault on the powers About 1,800 people have already been arrested.even if a party was released on “humanitarian grounds” and will respond to a possible released judicial process.
Authorities are now trying to identify and arrest possible masterminds, instigators and financiers of the violent invasion of the powers that be, as well as investigating the possible collusion of police commanders in Brasilia.
In this section, last Friday, the Cassation including Bolsonarocurrently in the United States, under investigation for allegedly inciting his more radical followers to attack democratic institutions.
The high court has also ordered the jail of former Brasilia security secretary Anderson Torres, who was Bolsonaro’s justice minister, for his alleged “failure” to stop the January 8 coup plotters.
EFE and ANSA
ap
Source: Clarin
Mark Jones is a world traveler and journalist for News Rebeat. With a curious mind and a love of adventure, Mark brings a unique perspective to the latest global events and provides in-depth and thought-provoking coverage of the world at large.