Brazil police launch fresh raids over Jan. 8 riots, Bolsonaro ally searched
2023.10.25 11:00
© Reuters. Security forces detain supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro during a demonstration against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police said on Wednesday they were carrying out fresh raids and arrests as part of an investigation into the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, including on a relative of former president Jair Bolsonaro’s ex-wife.
Police, according to a statement, served five arrest warrants and 13 search-and-seizure warrants ordered by the Supreme Court in three states and the Federal District, where Brasilia is located.
Police did not reveal the names of those being investigated, but a source with knowledge of the operation told Reuters that Leo Indio, Bolsonaro’s ex-wife’s nephew who is close to the former president and his children, was one of the targets of the search and seizure warrant.
Indio did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The raids are ongoing efforts to identify people who participated in, funded or fostered the riots, in which a crowd invaded and ransacked the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2023.
