{"id":137344,"date":"2024-12-15T14:55:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T07:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137344"},"modified":"2024-12-15T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T07:55:53","slug":"key-ally-of-ex-brazil-president-bolsonaro-arrested-over-alleged-coup-plot-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137344","title":{"rendered":"Key ally of ex-Brazil president Bolsonaro arrested over alleged coup plot | Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">One of the closest allies of Brazil\u2019s ex-president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/jair-bolsonaro\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a> \u2013 the former defence minister Gen Walter Braga Netto \u2013 has been arrested by federal police in connection with an alleged plot to seize power through a military coup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Last month police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/27\/jair-bolsonaro-coup\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">formally accused<\/a> Braga Netto, who was Bolsonaro\u2019s vice-presidential running mate in the 2022 election, of playing a lead role in a criminal conspiracy designed to stop the vote\u2019s leftwing winner, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, taking office. Another 39 people, including Bolsonaro, have also been accused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Braga Netto, 67, has rejected those claims as \u201cfanciful and absurd\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">But on Saturday morning, the four-star general turned politician, who also served as Bolsonaro\u2019s chief of staff during his 2019-2023 presidency, was taken into custody at his home in Rio\u2019s beachside Copacabana neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">In a statement, the federal police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/pf\/pt-br\/assuntos\/noticias\/2024\/12\/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-judiciais-expedidos-pelo-stf-por-obstrucao-a-justica\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> Saturday\u2019s arrest was intended to prevent \u201cthe repetition of illegal acts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cDuring its investigations, the federal police concluded that Braga Netto was the architect of the coup [plot] \u2013 that he was the main authority behind the planning of the coup,\u201d the political reporter Andr\u00e9ia Sadi <a href=\"https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/politica\/blog\/andreia-sadi\/post\/2024\/12\/14\/pf-prende-braga-netto.ghtml\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a> on her blog. \u201cHe was, in the words of one investigator, \u2018the head, the mentor of the coup\u2019 \u2013 but under the command of Bolsonaro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Bolsonaro, who remains at liberty, has also denied being part of a coup plot. \u201cThis is not true \u2013 I always acted within the limits of the constitution,\u201d he told a rightwing conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Political observers now see the populist\u2019s arrest as almost inevitable and speculate it will happen next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">The recently published police report on the alleged plot paints a shocking picture of a long-running conspiracy investigators believe was designed to help Bolsonaro cling to power despite losing the 2022 election. The idea was allegedly to use social media to disseminate false claims of electoral fraud that could be used to justify a military intervention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Police claim the pro-Bolsonaro plot was supposed to take place on 15 December 2022 \u2013 two weeks before Lula was due to be sworn in after beating Bolsonaro in October\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">According to police, conspirators, including Braga Netto and other top military figures, allegedly hoped that on that day Bolsonaro would sign a \u201ccoup decree\u201d authorising a military takeover. The next day, Braga Netto and the former minister of institutional security Gen Augusto Heleno were supposed to be put in charge of a \u201ccrisis management\u201d cabinet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Police claim the only reason Bolsonaro did not sign that decree was because plotters failed to secure sufficient support from Brazil\u2019s military top brass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Police also suspect the plotters of planning to assassinate or kidnap perceived enemies of Bolsonaro\u2019s radical political movement, including Lula, his centre-right vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin, and the supreme court judge Alexandre de Moraes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Earlier this month Bolsonaro\u2019s former aide-de-camp Lt Col Mauro Cid <a href=\"https:\/\/iclnoticias.com.br\/cid-braga-netto-dinheiro-embalagem-vinho-golpe\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reportedly<\/a> told investigators that Braga Netto had helped bankroll the group of rogue special forces operatives that was supposedly behind those assassination and kidnap plans. Braga Netto delivered those funds disguised as a box of wine, according to the news outlet ICL Not\u00edcias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/14\/brazil-ex-president-ally-walter-braga-netto-arrested-alleged-coup-plot\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the closest allies of Brazil\u2019s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro \u2013 the former defence minister Gen Walter Braga Netto \u2013 has been arrested by federal police in connection with an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137344\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}