Former justice minister Anderson Torres was capital’s security chief when far-right rioters stormed government buildings
The 47-year-old former justice minister had been in charge of security in the capital at the time of those attacks and has been accused of “sabotaging” police efforts to protect the buildings., said he believed the attack had been facilitated by hardcore Bolsonaristas among the security forces and presidential staff. “What happened was an alert, a major alert, and we must take more care,” the leftist veteran told journalists as a bodyguard carrying a flexible bulletproof screen stood behind him.
Lula and his ministers have claimed the rioters hoped to cause chaos that might spark some kind of armed uprising, allowing Bolsonaro, who flew to the US before Lula’s 1 January inauguration, to retake power. The newspaper O Globo reported that members of Bolsonaro’s political party, the Liberal party, believed the developments had scuppered any chance the far-right former soldier had of trying to reclaim the presidency at the next election, in 2026.
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