Photo used for representational purposes. Brazilian Navy officers guard the Marcilio Dias Navy Hospital located in the Lins de Vasconcelos neighborhood, north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 12, 2024. Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP.
Brasília: Brazilian authorities on Saturday arrested Braga Netto, a former defense minister and close ally of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro as part of an investigation into an alleged coup plot, a police source told AFP.
Brazil's Federal Police said it had detained "people who would be obstructing" the investigation. "Braga Netto was arrested in the operation," the source said.
