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Judi Lynn

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Thu Jun 13, 2024, 09:35 AM Jun 2024

Brazil asks Argentina for help in locating Bolsonaro coup fugitives [View all]

TODAY 09:23

Brazil has asked Argentina for help in locating the possible presence of more than 140 individuals it says are fugitives from justice.



Brazil has asked Argentina for help in locating the possible presence of more than 140 individuals it says are fugitives from justice.

Authorities in the neighbouring country are seeking individuals, followers of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who took part in the infamous attack on Brazil’s three branches of government in 2023.

According to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson in Brazil, the justice system has sent a request to Argentina’s Foreign Ministry asking it to “verify whether 143 fugitives from justice are located in Argentine territory.”

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Brazilian police have arrested hundreds of alleged vandals, financiers and inciters of the assaults that took place in January 2023, a week after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

More:
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/brazil-asks-argentina-for-help-in-locating-bolsonaro-coup-fugitives.phtml

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