8 in Brazil sentenced for planning attack ahead of Rio 2016

FILE - In this July 21, 2016 file photo, a federal police agent leads a handcuffed suspect who authorities say was arrested on terrorism-related charges in Brasilia, Brazil. A judge in Brazil on Thursday, May 4 2017, sentenced eight men for planning an attack in the run up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, marking the first time that a much debated anti-terror law formed the basis of a case in Latin America's largest nation. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this July 21, 2016 file photo, Brazil's Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes , speaks on the arrest of 10 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on social media and discussed possible attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, at the Ministry of Justice, in Brasilia, Brazil. A judge in Brazil on Thursday, May 4 2017, sentenced eight men for planning an attack in the run up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, marking the first time that a much debated anti-terror law formed the basis of a case in Latin America's largest nation. When the men were arrested, then-justice minister Moraes, said some of them had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State without having personal contact with members of the terrorist group abroad. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - I this July 21, 2016 file photo, Federal police escort suspects who authorities say were arrested on terrorism-related charges in Brasilia, Brazil. A judge in Brazil on Thursday, May 4 2017, sentenced eight men for planning an attack in the run up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, marking the first time that a much debated anti-terror law formed the basis of a case in Latin America's largest nation. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (The Associated Press)