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Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial
The former Brazilian president and seven of his closest allies are awaiting judgment – and Bolsonaro’s conviction is considered highly likely
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was days away from taking office for his third term as the Brazilian president when soldiers from a special operations unit allegedly discussed the best way to kill him – possibly through poisoning or administering drugs that would trigger “organ failure”.
Investigators would later conclude that the supposed plan to assassinate the president-elect, his vice-president and a supreme court justice was one of many strands of a wider plot designed to keep the far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in power.
