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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Far-right fanatic given 17 years for role in Brazil coup attempt

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on 8 January
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on 8 January. Photograph: Reuters

Brazil’s supreme court has sentenced a far-right fanatic to 17 years in prison for his role in the failed attempt to topple the country’s leftwing government on 8 January this year.

Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, a sanitation worker from São Paulo, was the first rioter to face trial for January’s dramatic assault on Latin America’s largest democracy.

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