Brazil Supreme Court begins deciding on pro-Bolsonaro rioters
A protester holds a sign that reads in Portuguese: ‘Smile Bolsonaro, you're being handcuffed!’ referring to former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, during a march coined ‘The scream of the excluded’ to call for a more democratic nation and an end to economic inequality, on Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 7, 2023
BRAZIL’S Supreme Court has begun deciding whether to convict defendants accused of storming top government offices on January 8 in an alleged bid to restore former president Jair Bolsonaro to power by force.
Aecio Lucio Costa Pereira was the first to have his case heard on Wednesday.
In January, cameras at the Senate filmed him wearing a shirt calling for a military coup and recording a video of himself praising others who had also broken into the building.
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