The former president received an email assuring him that he would be shot
A few days before the second round of Brazil’s presidential elections, which will take place on Sunday, the climate of mounting tensions in the campaign is mounting as death threats against left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Federal police have launched an investigation into the email the former president received a day after the first round assuring him that he would be shot at the headquarters of the Lula Institute in Sao Paolo.
The election campaign was marred by insults from key candidates and death threats against Lula. For example, authorities are investigating a video posted on social media showing President Jair Bolsonaro and businessman Luiz Henrique Crestani shooting a photo of the left-wing leader. But it is not the only case.
Another recording is also in police hands in which Bolsonarist businessman José Sabatini licks a gun and “orders” the president to carry out a coup in the Senate and Supreme Court after winning the election. It should be noted that this man was under investigation in 2021 for threatening Lula.
As Sunday’s polls draw closer, fears of further violence are mounting. Even the Pope wanted to intervene, after pleading this Wednesday for an end to “hatred, bigotry and violence” in Brazil.
Source: La Verdad
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