00:00 Brazil's federal police executed search warrants and arrested top allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro
00:05 this morning as part of an ongoing investigation into the failed January 8th
00:10 2023 coup attempt. Our correspondent Brian Mayer has more.
00:13 This morning Brazil's federal police executed search warrants, made arrests and issued an order to former president
00:22 Jair Bolsonaro to turn over his passport to authorities
00:25 within 24 hours or run the risk of being arrested as he is considered a flight risk in an ongoing
00:31 investigation into the failed January 8th
00:35 2023 coup attempt which is entitled Operation Tempus Veritatis.
00:40 Among those arrested Felipe Martins, former aide to president Bolsonaro and former employee of the US Embassy in
00:49 Brasilia. During the lead-up to the 2016 coup against Dilma Rousseff, Felipe Martins
00:55 worked as economic advisor to the US Embassy.
00:58 He then took on a role as advisor to president Bolsonaro where he's credited as being the person who first introduced Bolsonaro
01:05 to Steve Bannon.
01:07 He was also present at several meetings between former president Bolsonaro and Donald Trump. Among recipients of federal police search and seizure
01:15 operations this morning, General Augusto Heleno, one of the most notorious
01:20 holdovers from Brazil's neo-fascist military dictatorship of 1964 to 1985,
01:25 known around the world as Minestock commander during the Sic Sole Massacre in Haiti.
01:32 Heleno became the chief of institutional security for Bolsonaro overseeing 17 government agencies
01:39 including intelligence. As of tomorrow Jair Bolsonaro will not be able to flee the country.
01:44 So as this investigation continues, the series of arrests made today are
01:49 demonstrating to the world that Brazil has a functioning rule of law and that its rule of law is functioning better than the United States.
