Brazilian police arrest 5 officers over coup plot to overthrow government and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Brazilian police arrested five officers accused over a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, authorities said.

Brazil’s federal police arrested five people for allegedly plotting to kill President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his vice president and a top judge as of a 2022 coup attempt.

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro's government, suspected of involvement in an alleged plan to kill then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president in 2022 days before they took office,

Lula was elected in October 2022, narrowly defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who never publicly accepted defeat. A week after Lula was sworn in, Bolsonaro supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace and vandalised the buildings. Police eventually cleared the buildings of the rioters and detained thousands.

Brazilian police have arrested five individuals linked to a reported coup plot targeting then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president. This marks the first mention by federal police of an assassination plan involving Lula and his vice-president,

Federal police officers carried out five arrest warrants on Tuesday, the police said without providing any names, as well as three search and seizure warrants and other 15 precautionary measures. These included banning suspects from contacting others and forbidding them from leaving the country.

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people suspected of involvement in an alleged coup attempt in which they planned to kill then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president weeks before they took office,