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Brazil Arrests Jair Bolsonaro’s 2022 Running Mate as Coup Investigation Advances

HeadlineDec 17, 2024

In Brazil, authorities have arrested a military general and close ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the criminal investigation into an attempted coup to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election. Walter Braga Netto was Bolsonaro’s running mate in his failed 2022 reelection bid, which Bolsonaro lost to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and served as defense minister. Bolsonaro and Netto are among 37 officials who were indicted in November over the coup plot. Netto’s arrest Saturday came after Brazilian authorities accused him of obstructing the collection of evidence in their investigation.

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