In recommending charges against the former president, police say Latin America’s largest country came close to suffering a coup following the 2022 election.

Brazil’s federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their sealed findings were being delivered Thursday to Brazil’s Supreme Court,

Brazilian police have arrested five military personnel over an alleged coup attempt which included killing Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice-president weeks before they took office.