Brazil police formally accuse 37 people in coup attempt


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  • Friday, 22 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro attends a protest against Brazil’s Supreme Court on Independence Day in Paulista Avenue, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police have formally accused 37 people for their alleged involvement in a coup attempt and other crimes, it said in a statement on Thursday, without naming those accused.

Reuters reported earlier on Thrusday, citing sources, that police would present a formal accusation against former President Jair Bolsonaro in the investigation of an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 presidential elections.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia and Andre Romani in Sao Paulo; Editing by Kylie Madry)

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