The office of Brazil’s prosecutor-general has presented its first charges against some of the thousands of people who authorities say stormed government buildings in an effort to overturn former President Bolsonaro’s loss in the October election.
BRASILIA, Brazil — The office of Brazil’s prosecutor-general has presented its first charges against some of the thousands of people whogovernment buildings in an effort to overturn former President Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the October election.
The defendants have been charged with armed criminal association, violent attempt to subvert the democratic state of law, staging a coup and damage to public property, the prosecutor’general’s office said in a written statement Monday night. Their identities have not yet been released.More than a thousand people were arrested on the day of the Jan. 8 riot, which bore strong similarities to theat the U.S.
The rioters “attempted, with the use of violence and serious threat, to abolish the democratic rule of law, preventing or restricting the exercise of constitutional powers,” according to an excerpt of charges included in a statement. “The ultimate objective of the attack ... was the installation of an alternative government regime.”
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