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Breaking: Feds target Bolsonaro and former aides
The Federal Police are on the streets carrying out 33 search-and-seizure warrants as part of an investigation into a criminal organization that, as police say, “tried to stage a coup d’état and abolish the rule of law” in order to keep far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro in office.
- Mr. Bolsonaro himself is among the targets. He must surrender his passport to authorities within 24 hours, cannot leave the country, and is prohibited from communicating with any of the other suspects.
Targets. High-profile members of the former administration were also visited by federal agents this morning, including Walter Braga Netto (former chief of staff, defense minister, and Mr. Bolsonaro’s 2022 running mate), Augusto Heleno (former top security agent), and the former commanders of the Army and the Navy.
- Additionally, four former...