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muriel_volestrangler

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1. Brazil's Bolsonaro to stand trial on coup charges, court rules

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 01:03 PM

Mar 26

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup against current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after a ruling from the country's top court.

The Supreme Court's five-member panel voted unanimously in favour of the trial going ahead.
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The trial could go ahead as early as this year. If found guilty, Bolsonaro could face years in prison.
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The seven men accused of being co-conspirators are:

Alexandre Ramagem, former spy chief
Adm Almir Garnier Santos, former navy commander
Anderson Torres, former security minister
Gen Augusto Heleno, former minister for institutional security
Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro's former assistant
Gen Walter Braga Netto, former defence minister
Gen Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira former defence minister

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d4v3dwn03o

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