Federal constabulary officials successful Brazil said successful June they believed betwixt 50 and 100 Bolsonaro supporters charged with vandalism and insurrection had entered Argentina to debar ineligible consequences. (Representational record photo)
Argentina has ordered the apprehension of 61 Brazilian citizens wanted successful their location state for participating successful the 2023 storming of authorities buildings successful Brasilia by supporters of far-right erstwhile President Jair Bolsonaro, an Argentine root said connected Saturday.
Two radical person been arrested truthful acold who look situation sentences successful Brazil, a judicial root successful Argentina told Reuters, speaking connected the information of anonymity due to the fact that the idiosyncratic was not authorized to talk publicly.
Argentina received an extradition petition from Brazil’s judicial authorities past month.
During the Jan. 8, 2023 incident, a week aft leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, respective 1000 Bolsonaro supporters invaded and ransacked the Congress building, the statesmanlike palace and the Supreme Court.
Some rioters fled to Argentina, hoping to find refuge nether the authorities of right-wing President Javier Milei.
Federal constabulary officials successful Brazil said successful June they believed betwixt 50 and 100 Bolsonaro supporters charged with vandalism and insurrection had entered Argentina to debar ineligible consequences. Many had convictions from the Brazil Supreme Court carrying dense sentences.
Bolsonaro’s erstwhile vice president, Senator Hamilton Mourao, said astatine the clip that those who fled to Argentina did not judge they would get a just proceedings successful Brazil.
The Brasilia riots resembled the Jan. 6, 2021, onslaught connected the US Capitol by supporters of then-former President Donald Trump, who since has been elected to a 2nd term. Brazilian authorities arrested immoderate 3,000 radical aft the riots, and astir fractional are inactive successful jail.
Political unit flared up again past week aft an attempted weaponry onslaught connected the Brazil Supreme Court, successful a reminder of the ransacking of the gathering by Bolsonaro supporters past year. The incidental has hardened statement successful Congress against a connection to connection amnesty to participants successful the 2023 attacks.