Brazil’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged with leading an alleged coup plot to remain in power after losing the 2022 election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The hard-right politician was accused by the country’s attorney-general of leading a “criminal organisation” to subvert democracy in Latin America’s most populous nation.
Prosecutors said 33 other people were involved in the plot, including Bolsonaro’s vice-presidential candidate General Walter Braga Netto and nearly two dozen retired or serving senior military personnel. The plot included plans to assassinate Lula to prevent him from taking office, prosecutors alleged.
您已閱讀18%（660字），剩餘82%（2964字）包含更多重要資訊，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，並享受更多專屬服務。