By MAURICIO SAVARESE SAO PAULO (AP) — A trove of leaked audio recordings from late 2022 reveal high-ranking members of Brazil’s army discussing efforts to pressure then-President Jair Bolsonaro to carry out a coup and remain in power. The 53 recordings, obtained by the Federal Police and accessed by The Associated Press on Monday, provide a rare chance to hear military members expressing in their own voices their desire to keep leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversees the police’s sprawling investigation, quoted some of those recordings in his ruling last week ordering the arrest of five people for plotting the assassination of then-President-elect Lula in 2022 and then attempting to oust him from power on Jan.
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