The head of security of Brasilia is dismissed after invasions by Bolsonaristas

The Secretary of Security of the Federal District of Brasilia, Anderson Torres, an ally of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, He was dismissed from his position this Sunday, after the invasion of radical Bolsonaristas to the headquarters of Parliament, the Presidency and the Supreme Court.

“I determined the dismissal of the Secretary of Security of the Federal District, at the same time that I put all the security forces on the streets, with the determination to arrest and punish those responsible,” affirmed the governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, on his social networks.

Rocha also requested the support of the Government of the President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho assumed power on the 1st, and placed his cabinet at the disposal of the federal powers.

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Torres had just assumed the Secretary of Security of Brasilia, after serving as Minister of Justice in the last two years of the government of Bolsonarowho left power last Sunday, when Lula was sworn in as the new head of state.

However, a week after taking over as head of the security area of ​​Brasilia, he was abruptly dismissed, given the chaos installed in the Brazilian capital, after thousands of radical supporters of the extreme right invaded the headquarters of Congress, the Palace of Planalto -seat of the Government- and the Supreme.

The supporters acted in the face of the apparent collusion of some Brasilia Military Police patrols, which, according to videos released by local media, dedicated themselves to observing from a distance and even took photos of the moment with their cell phones.

“Disorder is inconceivable and the lack of respect for institutions is unacceptable. I have determined that all members of the Military and Civil Police act firmly so that order is restored with the utmost urgency. Vandalism will be combated with the rigor of the law”, Torres declared, while the serious riots were taking place.

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Torres is a faithful squire of Bolsonaro and, according to the newspaper “O Estado de Sao Paulo”, just after assuming the Security Secretariat of Brasilia he traveled to Orlando, in the United States, where the former Brazilian president is currently located.

At this time, the security forces are working to regain control of the Plaza de los Tres Poderes, where the offices of the Presidency, the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies and the Supreme Court are located, and which today was taken over by certain coup protesters dressed in the green and yellow colors of the Brazilian flag.

Calling for a military “intervention” to return Bolsonaro to power, some of these radicals have attacked media professionals and police officers on horseback.