Allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro say that the details of the general’s arrest reinforce an old suspicion: that he had fallen into a kind of trap set up by General Mauro Lourena Cid, father of the lieutenant colonel.
Messages show that to ensure that his son was not making a plea bargain, even after the collaboration had already been closed and approved by the Federal Supreme Court.
It was hard to believe that a member of the Army’s special forces (“black kids”) like Mauro Cid would betray his colleagues in uniform and government.
Thus, he felt more comfortable talking to people who could later provide information to the PF about the alleged coup plot. Braga Netto, in this process, would have inadvertently produced evidence against himself and others involved.
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