Operation Tempus Veritatis
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Operation Tempus Veritatis (Latin for "time of truth")[1] was a Federal Police operation in Brazil in February 2024 that led to the preventive arrest of military officers and aides of former president Jair Bolsonaro.[2] The operation also executed search and seizure warrants against several targets, including four former ministers. Launched on February 8, the operation followed a plea bargain signed by Mauro Cid with a Federal Police researcher. The operation was based on a video seized from a computer belonging to Mauro Cid, documenting a meeting held on July 5, 2022, between former president Jair Bolsonaro and his ministers.[3]
The name of the operation references the alleged attempt to undermine the Democratic Rule of Law to gain political advantage by keeping Bolsonaro, then President of the Republic, in power.[2]
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Investigations revealed that the group had drafted a plan outlining a series of measures against the judiciary. This group also held meetings to promote the dissemination of fake news against the Brazilian electoral system and monitored Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who authorized the operation. The draft also called for the arrests of two Supreme Court justices and the president of the Senate.[4]
Context and background
The operation is part of a broader investigation into an alleged coup plot involving former president Jair Bolsonaro and his close advisors. The plot aimed to subvert the transition of power to newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by arresting Supreme Court justices and shutting down government institutions. The investigation has revealed evidence of fake news dissemination and attempts to discredit the electoral system.[5]
Key figures and arrests
Those being investigated for the possible coup attempt are:[6] On February 8, 2024, the Federal Police carried out thirty-three search and seizure warrants and four preventive detention warrants. Among those arrested were former special advisor to Bolsonaro, Filipe G. Martins, retired colonel Marcelo Câmara, and major Rafael Martins. The targets of the search and seizure measures included the president of the Liberal Party, Valdemar Costa Neto, generals Braga Netto, Augusto Heleno, and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, admiral Almir Garnier Santos, former minister Anderson Torres, and Bolsonaro himself, who had his passport seized.[7]
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