Net tightens on Bolsonaro as police seize passport in coup probe [View all]
3:59 pm on 9 February 2024
By Lisandra Paraguassu, Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Stargardter for Reuters
Brazilian police on Thursday confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and accused him of editing a draft decree to overturn election results, pressuring military chiefs to join a coup attempt and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice.
The bombshell allegations are the result of a probe into Bolsonaro and his inner circle for allegedly plotting a military coup after his electoral loss to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022. Thursday's operation included search warrants against four former ministers and the arrest of four former aides.
The confiscation of Bolsonaro's passport augurs badly for the former leader, a far-right populist often likened to former US President Donald Trump.
A federal police official directly involved in Thursday's raids said the evidence against Bolsonaro was strong, adding that the seizure of his passport offers benefits of an arrest, such as mitigating flight risk, without creating as much noise.
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