By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-19 12:21:39 | Updated at 2024-11-19 14:26:33
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Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people suspected of involvement in an alleged coup attempt in which they planned to kill then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president weeks before they took office, police said.
The arrests marked the first mention of a plot to kill Lula and Geraldo Alckmin, Lula’s choice for vice-president, in the investigation by federal police.
Most of those investigated are military personnel with Special Forces training, the police said in a statement.
“A detailed operational plan called ‘Green and Yellow Dagger’ was identified, which would be executed on December 15, 2022, aimed at the murder of the elected candidates for president and vice-president,” the police said in a statement.
Federal police officers carried out five arrest warrants on Tuesday, the police said without providing any names, as well as three search and seizure warrants and other 15 precautionary measures.
These included banning suspects from contacting the others and forbidding them from leaving the country.
