Brazil’s prosecutor-general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 election defeat, alleging that he knew and approved of a plot to poison his successor, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The case, which also accuses Bolsonaro’s allies of planning to assassinate a Supreme Court justice, marks a dramatic escalation in the legal battles surrounding the far-right leader.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250219-brazil-s-prosecutor-charges-jair-bolsonaro-says-he-approved-plot-to-poison-lula