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| Brazilian ex-president was 'killed by military conspiracy' | Brazilian ex-president was 'killed by military conspiracy' |
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| An investigative commission in Brazil says it has found evidence that the ex-President Juscelino Kubitschek was murdered by the 1970s military regime. | |
| The Sao Paulo truth commission, a group of councillors from the city's assembly, is due to present a full report into the case on Tuesday. | The Sao Paulo truth commission, a group of councillors from the city's assembly, is due to present a full report into the case on Tuesday. |
| The proof of the alleged conspiracy was found after analysing more than 90 pieces of evidence, the group says. | The proof of the alleged conspiracy was found after analysing more than 90 pieces of evidence, the group says. |
| At the time, the former president had just regained his political rights. | At the time, the former president had just regained his political rights. |
| Mr Kubitschek, who famously relocated Brazil's capital from Rio de Janeiro to the especially designed Brasilia, died on 22 August 1976 following a car accident on a motorway between Rio and Sao Paulo. | Mr Kubitschek, who famously relocated Brazil's capital from Rio de Janeiro to the especially designed Brasilia, died on 22 August 1976 following a car accident on a motorway between Rio and Sao Paulo. |
| 'Plot and political crime' | 'Plot and political crime' |
| For decades, there have been rumours that JK, as the Brazilian president from 1956 to 1961 was known, had been the victim of a murder conspiracy. | |
| The 73-year-old centrist politician was a popular opposition leader. | The 73-year-old centrist politician was a popular opposition leader. |
| The report of the Sao Paulo Truth Commission presents the findings of an investigation which allegedly uncovered fake records, procedural errors and contradictions. | The report of the Sao Paulo Truth Commission presents the findings of an investigation which allegedly uncovered fake records, procedural errors and contradictions. |
| "We have no doubt that Juscelino Kubitschek was a victim of a conspiracy, a plot and a political crime. There is documentary proof and important testimonies in the more than 29 pages of the report," Sao Paulo councillor Gilberto Natalini told the news website Terra. | "We have no doubt that Juscelino Kubitschek was a victim of a conspiracy, a plot and a political crime. There is documentary proof and important testimonies in the more than 29 pages of the report," Sao Paulo councillor Gilberto Natalini told the news website Terra. |
| Among the evidence is testimony from the driver of the bus that crashed into the former president's car. | Among the evidence is testimony from the driver of the bus that crashed into the former president's car. |
| He is said to have told the investigators he had been offered money in exchange for admitting guilt for the accident. | He is said to have told the investigators he had been offered money in exchange for admitting guilt for the accident. |
| Another witness reportedly told the commission he briefly saw a bullet hole in the head of Mr Kubitschek's driver during an exhumation procedure in 1996. | Another witness reportedly told the commission he briefly saw a bullet hole in the head of Mr Kubitschek's driver during an exhumation procedure in 1996. |
| A national Truth Commission of the Brazilian Congress is also looking into the death of Mr Kubitschek and a number of other human rights abuses that allegedly took place during Brazil's military rule. | A national Truth Commission of the Brazilian Congress is also looking into the death of Mr Kubitschek and a number of other human rights abuses that allegedly took place during Brazil's military rule. |
| The remains of Mr Kubitschek's successor, Joao Goulart, another opposition leader, were recently exhumed as part of the investigations into whether he was murdered. | The remains of Mr Kubitschek's successor, Joao Goulart, another opposition leader, were recently exhumed as part of the investigations into whether he was murdered. |
| Their findings are not expected before May 2014. | Their findings are not expected before May 2014. |