Police say Bolsonaro “planned” coup against Lula
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro “planned” and controlled “effectively and directly” plan to try stop embellishment Current President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, according to the federal police report made public this Tuesday.
“The evidence obtained from the investigation clearly demonstrates” Bolsonaro’s actions in these plans woven after Lula’s victory in the elections in October 2022, says the report, which was sent this Tuesday to the Prosecutor General, who is set to Will decide whether to formally charge the former President and 36 others involved.
The summary of the investigation, running into 884 pages, details the turbulent political process that began in Brazil following elections in which Lula prevailed over Bolsonaro, then in power, by less than two points. A result that was not recognized by the leader of the extreme right,
The 37 accused along with Bolsonaro include some active and reserve military leaders, former ministers, people close to him and even Valdemar Costa Neto, president of the former president-led Liberal Party (PL).
The report includes hundreds of messages exchanged by those involved through messaging services, as well as audio and images, which police say support the allegations of the alleged crimes. “violent abolition of the democratic state”, “coup d’état” and “illegal association”,
He had “full knowledge” of the plan to assassinate Lula
According to the report, Bolsonaro “full details” of a plan drawn up for the assassination by the military coup plotters, To poison Lula.
The assassination, to be carried out before the January 1, 2023 inauguration, was also intended to assassinate the Vice President-elect, Geraldo Alcmin, and the Supreme Court Justice, Alexandre de Moraes, who was head of the Superior Court of Justice. Electoral court and now the reporter of this case.
“The evidence collected indicates that Jair Bolsonaro had full knowledge of the operational plan (‘Green and Yellow Daggers’) as well as the covert operations carried out under the pseudonym ‘Copa 2022’,” the report said.
Brazilian authorities are based on “entry and exit records of visitors to the Alvorada Palace”, the official residence of the presidency, “the content of communications between negotiators from the immediate corps” of the far-right leader and Analysis of dates and meetings held during that period.
For all this he suspects that Bolsonaro was aware of the ongoing plan Reportedly prepared by Reserve General Mario FernandesWho then served as Executive Secretary of the General Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidency.
Various documents obtained by the police described “all the data necessary for the execution” of the assassination, including the use of members of an elite group of troops, called ‘Kids Prieto’, and the use of weapons of war against armored vehicles. Includes use of.
“There is evidence” that shows that, on November 9, 2022, Fernández printed a document with step-by-step instructions to carry out the triple murder at the Planalto Presidential Palace and after this, “he went to the Alvorada Palace, Where Bolsonaro was,” police said.
On December 6 of the same year, the Reserve General again printed The scheme was named ‘Yellow Green Dagger’Alluding to the colors of the Brazilian flag, which was to materialize on the 15th of that month, two weeks before Lula’s inauguration.
From grenade launchers to chemical agents: this is how they planned Lula’s assassination
The coup plot uncovered by Brazilian police details a terrifying plan to assassinate President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which involved elite military personnel, The use of war weapons and even chemical agents.
The suspects used the names of countries (Japan, Germany, Austria, Argentina, Brazil and Ghana) and gave their targets nicknames, like the successful series ‘La Casa de Papel’, to maintain their anonymity. They called Lula ‘Jeka’ and Elkmin ‘Joka’.
At another point a list of materials is collected, including “six cell phones with TIM operator’s chips”, bulletproof vests, and an authentic war arsenal.
The coup plotters were determined to have used four pistols and four rifles of the caliber typically used by the country’s security forces. But what caught the attention of investigators most was that they planned to use “an M249 light machine gun”, “a 40 mm grenade launcher” and even “an AT4 rocket launcher”, which Used to combat armored vehicles and fortified formations.
For the execution of ‘Jeka’ (Lula), investigators cited “the possibility of poisoning or organic collapse from the use of chemical agents, taking into account his weak state of health and his frequent visits to the hospital.”
They also talk about eliminating ‘Joka’ (Alkmin) and a certain ‘Juka’. The police have not been able to identify who this third objective was, but according to the coup plotters, “its neutralization would destroy the plans of the most radical leftists”. He himself planned to flee abroad for Bolsonaro,