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Brazil arrests police officers over coup plot. Brazilian police have arrested five officers accused of a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to the investigation, the coup plotters also planned to kill Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The police said that five arrest warrants were carried out. Judge Moraes, who authorized the Nov. 19 arrests, said a police investigation revealed the coup plot involved military personnel trained in the Army’s Special Forces and a retired high-ranking official.

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