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Far-right fanatic given 17 years for role in Brazil coup attempt | Brazil
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Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, a sanitation worker from São Paulo, was the first rioter to face trial for January’s dramatic assault on Latin America’s largest democracy.
Hundreds more will find themselves in the dock in the coming months to face charges over what the supreme court’s president, Rosa Weber, called Brazil’s “day of disgrace”.
Calling for a 17-year sentence, the supreme court’s justice, Alexandre de Moraes, said the “enemies of freedom” deserved exemplary punishment for their “dastardly putschist attack”.
Speaking on the television network GloboNews, the commentator André Trigueiro said the court’s judges were fulfilling a historic responsibility by signalling “that what happened on 8 January was utterly abhorrent and can never be repeated”.
Critics accuse the far-right populist of inciting the uprising against Lula’s government in an attempt to retain power after losing last October’s election – claims Bolsonaro denies.
Last week it emerged that Bolsonaro’s former aide-de-camp Lt Col Mauro Cid had sealed a plea-bargain deal with police obliging him to provide information in several investigations, including into the attempted coup.
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