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Brazil Supreme Court Jails Military Officials for Plot to Kill President Lula. Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences nine high-ranking military officers and a federal police agent for attempting a coup and plotting to assassinate President Lula and top authorities. The group had planned violent actions targeting Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The ruling follows September’s decision sentencing former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years for leading the criminal organization behind the failed attempt to overturn the 2022 election. Seven defendants are convicted of serious crimes including attempted violent abolition of democracy, attempted coup and participation in an armed criminal organization. Two others face lesser charges of criminal association and incitement of animosity between the Armed Forces and constitutional institutions. Sentences range from nearly two years to 24 years, with four officials receiving over two decades in prison; one retired general is acquitted for lack of evidence. Justice Flávio Dino calls the plot a near-catastrophic threat to democracy, saying it aimed to “arrest and kill people” and revoke fundamental rights. The coup plan stalled after the Army commander refused support; the convicted officials will begin serving sentences once appeals are exhausted.
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