The Brazilian Federal Police This Thursday he presented a formal accusation against the former president Jair Bolsonaro for planning an attempt coup d’état against the then recently elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvain 2022.
These are the most notable events that occurred since the elections in which Lula defeated Bolsonaro:
October 30.- Second round of the presidential elections what beats him Lulaadjusted, to Bolsonarowho does not recognize his defeat. During the day, the Federal Highway Police deploys checkpoints on roads in northeastern Brazil, a political bastion of Lulato cause delays to voters. After knowing the results, supporters of Bolsonaromostly truck drivers, block roads in twelve states of Brazil in protest against what they denounce as electoral “fraud.” Blockades last weeks.
November 2.- Thousands of people gather in front of the gates of barracks in large Brazilian cities to demand a “military intervention” against the victory of Lula. In Brasilia, São Paulo and other cities, permanent camps of protesters are set up in front of the barracks.
November 9.- Bolsonaro makes his first statement after the elections. Without admitting defeat, he calls for an end to roadblocks.
November 12.- The Minister of Defense, Walter Braga Netholds the first meeting in which, according to research, a scammer planwhich is now suspected to have also contemplated the murder of Lulaof the vice president-elect, Geraldo Alckminand the judge Alexandre de Moraesof the Supreme Court.
December 7.- According to investigations, a meeting takes place between Bolsonaro and the commanders of the Armed forces in which there is talk of approving a decree to annul the result of the elections elections.
December 12.- A group of Bolsonaristas sets cars on fire and causes damage to the headquarters of the Federal Policein Brasiliain protest over the detention of a co-religionist.
December 15.- According to investigations that have not yet been concluded, six members of the alleged coup plot are deployed in Brasilia with the intention of intercepting Judge De Moraeswhich had been followed for weeks. The plan is aborted hours later.
December 24.- A Bolsonaro supporter is arrested for trying to explode a truck loaded with fuel at the Brasilia airport to create chaos and prevent Lula’s rise to power.
December 30.- Bolsonaro leaves Brazil two days before the end of his term and lands in Floridawhere it will remain three months. In a live video on his social networks before leaving, he urged his followers “not to throw in the towel or stop opposing” peacefully, insisting that he was a “victim” of an electoral justice that “was not partial.” .
January 1.- Lula He receives the presidential sash for the third time in a ceremony without the presence of his predecessor.
January 8.- Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attack the headquarters of the judicial, legislative and executive powerscausing extensive damage to buildings and attacking journalists and police.
January 9.- More than a thousand people are arrested for their participation in the assault. The Supreme Court orders the dismantling of Bolsonaro camps.
March 30.- Bolsonaro returns to Brazil, after spending three months in the US.
June 30.- He Electoral Court disables Bolsonaro to hold elective positions for 8 years for “abuse of power” during the election campaign.
September 13.- He Supreme Court trial begins for attacks January 8. To date there are 284 convicted.
October 18.- The Brazilian Congress commission that investigated the attacks January 8 majority approves its final report in which it accuses the former president Jair Bolsonaro of being the “intellectual mentor” of the coup plot.
February 8.- The Justice orders the former president Jair Bolsonaro hand over your passport within 24 hours as part of the investigation into the coup attempt. The Police find the draft of a coup decree at the home of former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres.
February 12 to 14.- Bolsonaro is staying at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia. The facts are known a month later through a newspaper investigation The New York Times. Bolsonaro denies that he intended to flee Justice.
November 13.- A former candidate for councilor of the Liberal Party, Francisco Wanderley Luizthrows explosive devices in front of the building of the Supreme Court and dies from the explosion. According to a former partner of the attacker, the purpose of the attack was to assassinate the judge Alexandre de Moraes. Bolsonaro He repudiates the episode, which he attributes to a mentally ill person, and calls on all parties and institutions to advance “national pacification.”
November 19.- The Police dismantles a group, mostly composed of soldiers, accused of having planned the murder of Lula y De Moraes in 2022.
(With information from EFE)
