Vice presidential candidate Braga Netto attends a motorcade during an election campaign in Brasilia, Brazil October 23, 2022.  REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Brazil’s Ex-Defense Minister Arrested Over Alleged Coup Plot

Brazil's former Defence Minister Walter Braga Netto arrested for alleged plotting of a coup to overturn the results of the 2022 election.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Federal police arrested Brazil's former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto on Saturday, two sources told Reuters, after he was accused in November of plotting a coup to overturn the results of the 2022 election.

Braga Netto also served as chief of staff for former President Jair Bolsonaro and ran alongside him for the post of vice president in Bolsonaro's failed re-election bid in 2022.

Braga Netto was accused in November by federal police of plotting a coup to overturn the results of that election.

(Reporting by Fabio Teixeira; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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