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Five soldiers arrested in Brazil for plotting to assassinate president

2024-11-20

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Five suspects in the attempted assassination of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin in 2022 have been detained in Brazil. This was reported by the local publication G1.

On November 19, four special forces officers and one police officer were arrested by federal police on suspicion of attempting a coup. They are also accused of plotting to assassinate President Lula da Silva weeks before his inauguration.

The documents seized by police described a plan to shoot or poison Lula da Silva and Vice President Alckmin, then install National Security Adviser Augusto Heleno and former Defense Minister Braga Netto as leaders of the country and hold new elections, Reuters reports. According to the documents, the detainees also planned to kill one of the country's Supreme Court judges with an explosive device or poison.

The men involved in the coup attempt were special forces trained and planned to use “advanced military operational techniques” in an operation called “Green-Yellow Dagger” and then create a “crisis cabinet” of ministers, the report said. Before their arrest, the suspects were in Rio de Janeiro, where they were taking part in a mission to provide security for the G20 leaders’ meeting.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 9, 2023, a state of emergency was declared in Brazil due to protests against the results of the presidential elections. Protesters stormed the buildings of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential residence. More than 400 people were detained for participating in anti-government protests.

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