Today, Sunday, the security forces regained control of the headquarters of the Congress, the Presidency of the Republic and the Brazilian Supreme Court. After being invaded and vandalized by hundreds of radical followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia.
Riot agents charged the putschist protesters with tear gas and built a perimeter around the Plaza de los Tres Poderes, where the buildings once housed Executive, legislative and judicial branches. According to preliminary information from the police reported by local media, there are so far 150 detainees.
Thousands of far-right supporters, sympathetic to Bolsonaro, caused chaos in the Brazilian capital violently interfere They partially destroyed the Supreme Court, the Parliament and the Planalto Palace, the seat of government.
Exactly the events that the international community unanimously condemned took place after a week Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes over the presidency of Brazil.
It was about four and a half hours, during which the Bolsonarista demonstrators They roamed freely Through these installations, causing damage to their interior, while dozens of buildings were surrounded, some of them equipped with sticks.
Faced with serious turmoil, Lula would travel inland from São Paulo to see the damage he had caused high rain In recent days, he has decreed federal intervention in the security zone of the Federal District of Brasília. The measure, which will remain in effect until January 31, indicates that the security forces in Brasilia will be under the direct control of the federal government.
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