Brazil police formally accuse 37 people in coup attempt

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro attends a protest against Brazil’s Supreme Court on Independence Day in Paulista Avenue, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police have formally accused 37 people for their alleged involvement in a coup attempt and other crimes, it said in a statement on Thursday, without naming those accused.

Reuters reported earlier on Thrusday, citing sources, that police would present a formal accusation against former President Jair Bolsonaro in the investigation of an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 presidential elections.