BRAZILIA: The office of BrazilThe attorney general has presented his first charges against some of the thousands who authorities say stormed government buildings in a bid to overthrow the former president Jair Bolsonaro‘s defeat in the October elections.
Prosecutors from the group recently formed to combat undemocratic acts also demanded that the 39 defendants who ransacked the Congress be imprisoned as a precaution, and have 40 million reais ($7.7 million) of their assets frozen to help cover the damage.
The defendants have been charged with armed criminal association, violent attempt to overthrow the democratic rule of law, organizing a coup and damaging public property, the attorney general’s office said on Monday. Their identities have not yet been released.
More than a thousand people were arrested on the day of the January 8 riots when assailants stormed the Brazilian Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in the capital, Brasilia. The rioters were not charged with terrorism because, according to Brazilian law, such a charge must involve xenophobia or prejudice based on race, ethnicity or religion.
Prosecutors from the group recently formed to combat undemocratic acts also demanded that the 39 defendants who ransacked the Congress be imprisoned as a precaution, and have 40 million reais ($7.7 million) of their assets frozen to help cover the damage.
The defendants have been charged with armed criminal association, violent attempt to overthrow the democratic rule of law, organizing a coup and damaging public property, the attorney general’s office said on Monday. Their identities have not yet been released.
More than a thousand people were arrested on the day of the January 8 riots when assailants stormed the Brazilian Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in the capital, Brasilia. The rioters were not charged with terrorism because, according to Brazilian law, such a charge must involve xenophobia or prejudice based on race, ethnicity or religion.
