Brazil police carry out raids related to Jan. 8 Brasilia storming
Source: Reuters
Brazil police carry out raids related to Jan. 8 Brasilia storming
Fri, January 20, 2023 at 6:02 AM EST
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out raids against people suspected of involvement in the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.
A police statement said the operation was aimed at "identifying people who participated in, funded or fostered" the protests. It included 24 warrants covering five states and the capital Brasilia.
On Jan. 8, thousands of backers of Bolsonaro invaded and ransacked the Congress building, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in the worst attack on state institutions since Brazil's return to democracy in the 1980s.
Police did not disclose the names of those who were targeted by the operation but said they were being investigated for the crimes of "violent abolition of the rule of law, coup d'état, qualified damage, criminal association, incitement, destruction and deterioration of specially protected property".
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