Brazil’s Police Carry out Fresh Raids as Part of Jan. 8 Riots Probe

Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva outside Brazil’s National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 8, 2023. Adriano Machado/Reuters

BRASILIA—Brazil’s federal police on Friday carried out fresh raids as part of a probe into the Jan. 8 insurrection, when supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro breached government buildings in Brasilia.

Police said in a statement they were serving three preventive arrest warrants and 14 search and seizure warrants ordered by the Supreme Court in five states and the federal district, where Brasilia is located.