The threat of a coup d'état in Brazil was on the radar throughout the mandate of 68-year-old Jair Messias Bolsonaro. Federal Police revealed evidence that points to a plot cooked up for months at the very top of the State.

The Tempus Veritatis operation represents the moment of truth for the most ultra generals who accompanied him and for Brazil. The challenges of this investigation have no parallel in the history of Brazil, O Globo maintains in its editorial this Friday.