Gun-loving Bolsonaristas challenge Lula's pledge to disarm Brazil


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  • Tuesday, 13 Dec 2022

FILE PHOTO: Police officers block a street as supporters of Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson, who fired at police while resisting arrest ordered by the country's Supreme Court, demonstrate close to his house in Comendador Levy Gasparian, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

COMENDADOR LEVY GASPARIAN, Brazil (Reuters) - When four federal police officers came to arrest Roberto Jefferson, a close ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the veteran politician made clear he was going nowhere.

"Run," he told them. "You're going to get hurt."

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