Police, according to a statement, were serving three arrest
warrants and 10 search-and-seizure warrants ordered by the
Supreme Court in four states - Sao Paulo, Parana, Minas Gerais
and Goias.
The raids represent the 17th phase of an operation launched in
mid-January 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.
In January, supporters of far-right Bolsonaro invaded and
vandalized the government buildings a week after leftist
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, protesting his
victory in the October election and calling for a military coup.
Police did not disclose the names on Wednesday of those targeted
in the raids, but said they were being investigated for crimes
of "violent abolition of the rule of law, coup d'état, qualified
damage, criminal association, incitement, destruction and damage
of specially protected property."
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court voted to convict the first
three people to stand trial for the riots, sentencing them each
to at least 14 years in prison.
Bolsonaro himself has faced a congressional inquiry surrounding
the Jan. 8 insurrection and multiple police probes overseen by
the Supreme Court.
Brazil's top electoral court in June barred him from public
office until 2030 for his conduct during last year's fraught
election, when he summoned ambassadors to vent unfounded claims
about the country's electronic voting system.
(Reporting by Gabriel AraujoEditing by Bernadette Baum)
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