(FILES) The General in charge of the military intervention in Rio de Janeiro Walter Souza Braga Netto, speaks during a press conference after Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a decree to send in the army to lead public safety in Rio de Janeiro state, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on February 16, 2018. Brazilian authorities on December 14, 2024 arrested former defense minister Braga Netto, a close ally of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, as part of an investigation into an alleged coup plot, a police source told AFP. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP)