Bolsonaro’s supporters are also accused of arranging armed and violent criminals to overthrow the democratic rule of law.
Brazil’s attorney general has filed his first fees in opposition to some of the thousands of others the government says stormed government buildings in an effort to oppose former President Jair Bolsonaro’s defeat in October’s election.
Prosecutors from the new organization to fight anti-democratic acts also called for the 39 defendants who allegedly looted the construction of the Brazilian Congress to be jailed as a preventive measure and for 40 million reais ($7. 7 million) of their assets to be frozen. to cover the damages.
The defendants were charged with conspiracy by armed criminals, a violent attempt to overthrow democratic rule of law, stage a coup and damage public property, the attorney general’s office said Monday. Their identities have not yet been revealed.
More than a thousand people were arrested on the day of the Jan. 8 riots, which had strong similarities to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U. S. Capitol. The U. S. was fought by mobs seeking to oppose former President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
Rioters storming Brazil’s Congress building, presidential palace and Supreme Court in the capital, Brasilia, sought to lure the armed forces and oppose Bolsonaro’s defeat by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The rioters “attempted, with violence and serious threats, to abolish the democratic rule of law, preventing or restricting the exercise of constitutional powers,” according to an excerpt of the tariffs included in a statement. “The ultimate goal of the attack . . . It was the installation of an elected government regime. “
The attackers were not charged with terrorism because, under Brazilian law, such an accusation must involve xenophobia or prejudice based on race, ethnicity or religion.
The attorney general sent his fees to the Supreme Court after Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco last week provided a list of others accused of looting Congress. Other rioters are expected to be charged.