Days before right-wing rioters stormed the capital, the call went out via Telegram and WhatsApp: “ATTENTION PATRIOTS FROM ALL OVER BRAZIL. ON JANUARY 08 WE WILL BRING BRASÍLIA TO A HALT.”
BRASÍLIA — At least five days before a horde of right-wing rioters stormed government buildings at the heart of Brazil’s democracy, the call went out via Telegram and WhatsApp. The message, shared in groups of fervent backers of the country’s Trumpian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, urged truck drivers, farmers, cattle ranchers, gun owners, business leaders and the “Brazilian people” to act.“ATTENTION PATRIOTS FROM ALL OVER BRAZIL. ON JANUARY 08 WE WILL BRING BRASÍLIA TO A HALT.
Donors from at least 10 Brazilian states, some linked to Brazil’s big agribusiness interests, a pillar of Bolsonaro’s support, covered the costs of buses to transport thousands more bolsonaristas to the capital in recent days, authorities said. Others in law enforcement appeared to take the insurrection lightly. As rioters looted and ransacked the government buildings, officers were photographed buying coconut water.“When did I know about Sunday?” Dino asked Monday. “During [last] week. … That’s why I spoke with Governor Ibaneis, because we had the sense that something could happen.”
The Supreme Court suspended Rocha as governor of the federal district late Sunday. Some administration officials say he might have been misinformed by his security officials, or simply mishandled the operation. Others think he intentionally misled the government.Rocha did not respond to a request for comment. He condemned the insurrection and fired his security chief on Sunday, denied colluding with rioters and apologized to Lula for the security lapses.
The assault on the government, long forecast by analysts who saw bolsonaristas following the MAGA playbook, has shaken the nation. Authorities have made sweeping arrests and promised many more. On Monday morning, military police and army forces acting on a court order finally cleared protesters from the camp that had been outside military headquarters for nearly 70 days. About 1,200 bolsonaristas were taken into custody.
She said she had been camping outside the military headquarters since Lula was declared the winner on election day. She said she had heard that Bolsonaro had fled to Florida “because otherwise he would be killed” by a militia being run by Alexandre de Moraes, a senior judge on the Supreme Court and a Bolsonaro nemesis.Late Sunday, the Supreme Court blocked 17 pro-Bolsonaro influencers for allegedly aiding in the coordination of the attacks. As in the aftermath of the U.S.
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