Bolsonaro demands return of passport, detained in 2023 anti-riot operation

The defense of the former Brazilian president JairBolsonaro He asked the Court to return the passport of his client, detained last week after a police operation related to the coup attack on January 8, 2023.

The lawyer Paulo Cunha Bueno said this Wednesday that he presented the request one day after a judge from Supreme Court forced Bolsonaro to hand over his passport, due to his role as an investigator in the process that tries to identify the masterminds of the coup against the Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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“Throughout the investigation, no evidence was presented to substantiate the allegation of ‘flight risk’”indicated the lawyer in the request presented to the Supreme Court, in which he added that Bolsonaro “He cooperated” with authorities and appeared whenever he was called to testify.

The extensive police operation after which the Bolsonaro The surrender of his passport took place on February 8 and also led to the arrest of four important far-right figures.

Among them, the former advisor for International Relations to the Presidency in the management of Bolsonaro (2019-2022) Filipe Martinswhich has strong ties to the extreme right which in U.S led by former president donald trump.

According to the investigation, the hard core of the Bolsonarism discussed the possibility of preventing Lula from taking office after the elections he won in October 2022.

This conspiracy, although it did not come to fruition, would have led the extreme right leaders to encourage the violent assault on the headquarters of the three branches of government that took place on January 8, 2023, which according to the Court had the objective of forcing a “Military intervention” to overthrow the Lula government.

Bolsonaro He had been silent since last week’s police operation, but this Monday he published a video on his social networks in which he called his followers to an event in São Paulo next February 25th.

The former president assured that it will be a “peaceful demonstration”, in “defense of the democratic rule of law”, and in which he intends to “Defend yourself against all accusations” and suspicions against him in relation to the mutiny coup conspirator January 2023.

Source: Elcomercio

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