Mon, 21 Apr 2025
BRAZIL-BRASILIA-FORMER PRESIDENT-BOLSONARO-CRIMINAL CHARGES

(250219) -- BRASILIA, Feb. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro (L) is pictured at the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Feb. 18, 2025.

Brazil's prosecutor-general has filed criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, accusing them of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.

In a legal filing with the Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday, Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleged that Bolsonaro not only took part in the coup plot but was also aware of and approved an assassination attempt against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)

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