SAO PAULO/BRASILIA ¨C Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was charged on Tuesday with overseeing a plot to overturn his 2022 election loss with a coup, further complicating the far-right firebrand¡¯s already narrow hopes of pulling off a political comeback.
Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet charged Bolsonaro and his running mate, Gen. Walter Braga Netto, with leading a ¡°criminal organization¡± that aimed to overthrow Brazil¡¯s 40-year-old democracy.
A total of 34 people were charged in the plot, including several military officials, such as Bolsonaro¡¯s former national security adviser, retired Gen. Augusto Heleno, and former navy Cmdr. Almir Garnier Santos, according to the charge sheet.
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