A crackdown on Bolsonaro supporters – who refuse to recognize the results of the recent general election and are calling for a military coup – has led to 32 search and arrest warrants and a bomb plot being foiled by police.
“Qualified damage, arson, violent abolition of the rule of law and coup d’état, with maximum combined penalties amounting to 34 years in prison,” are the alleged crimes, according to federal police.
Amid security concerns over President-elect Lula’s Jan 1 inauguration, Brazil’s Supreme Court has slapped a ban on registered gun owners from carrying firearms.
Credit: RT