Brazil’s Justice Minister revealed there were plans to attack Lula da Silva during his inauguration

The Brazilian Minister of Justice, Flavio Dino, told a local newspaper that messages found by police suggest that there were “preparatory acts” to give a “range shot” during the inauguration of President Lula in Brasilia on January 1.

A man arrested in December after a bomb was found in a tanker truck near Brasilia airport.he was training and receiving instructions on how to shoot a long range rifle“, said Dino in an interview with the newspaper Statewhen asked if the leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva He is “under real threat”.

In messages found by the police, “there is a dialogue in which (the man) is looking for information about what is the best rifle, what is the best scope for certain meters of distance“, continues the minister in the transcription of the interview carried out by the newspaper.

“There were preparatory acts for the execution of a shot on the day of Lula’s investitureDino concludes.

Lula, 77, won the October 2022 election by a narrow margin, from 50.9% versus 49.1%against the ultra-right Jair Bolsonaro.

A week before the ceremony of the Assumption, a Bolsonaro supporter was arrested and charged with terrorism for placing a bomb – which did not explode – in a tank truck near the Brasilia Airport.

As he told investigators, with the attack he intended to “unleash chaos” and “prevent the establishment of communism in Brazil”.

The inauguration took place under tight security, but Lula and First Lady Janja rode past the public in a vintage convertible, as is tradition at the ceremony.

A week later, thousands of bolsonarists Unhappy with their victory, they vandalized the buildings of the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia, in an attack that recalled the coup against the United States Capitol two years ago by supporters of the then president donald trumpwho refused to accept his electoral defeat.

Earlier this month, the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaassured that Jair Bolsonaro He is implicated in the assault on government buildings carried out by his supporters on January 8, which was aimed at carrying out an alleged coup.

“Today, I am aware and I say it loud and clear: this citizen (former President Bolsonaro) prepared the coup“said Lula in an interview with RedeTV!

“I am sure that Bolsonaro actively participated in it and still tries to participate in it.“, he added Lulaquestioned about the role of the former president in the riots, which is the subject of an investigation by justice.

“They wanted to do this mess on January 1, but they realized they couldn’t because there were a lot of police and a lot of people on the street,” Lula added.

His statements come the same day a senator told Brazilian media that he took part in a supposed meeting with Bolsonaro and a former congressman in December, during which a plan was being drawn up to prevent Lula’s investiture.

The supposed plan, according to the Senator Marcos do Vala former ally of Bolsonaro, consisted in forcing a compromising word and secretly recording the president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexander of Moraesto incriminate him.

Do Val shown in the magazine Look that it was Bolsonaro who presented him with the plan, but he later changed his version, stating that the former president remained “silent” during the meeting.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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