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Brazil authorities probe Amazon ties to capital attacks

FILE - Cargo trucks turn off the Trans-Amazon highway, top, onto route BR-163 in Campo Verde, near Itaituba, Para state, Brazil on Nov. 29, 2019. Highway BR-163, built during the military dictatorship in the 1970s, connects areas of strong support for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost October's election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) FILE - A campaign sign of President Jair Bolsonaro stands next to a farm fence on the access road to the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, in Xapuri, Acre state, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2022. Parts of Amazon region, with its legacy of rubber tappers, have turned against his Workers' Party and its vision of a sustainable economy. Many prefer to cut forest and run cattle and have became supporters of Bolsonaro. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil on Nov. 25, 2019. Highway BR-163, built during the military dictatorship in the 1970s, connects areas of strong support for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost October's election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)