The intelligence agency alerted the Public Security Directorate headed by Anderson Torres, who was arrested yesterday for possible conspiracy in the coup
The intelligence services of the Brasilia Security Secretariat warned two days before it took place of the risk of an attack on Brazil’s legislature, presidential palace and Supreme Court. The report was sent to the director of this department, former Attorney General Anderson Torres, who was arrested by police yesterday on his return from Florida, where he was on vacation for a few days with former President Jair Bolsonaro. A judge, in turn, has decided to investigate the latter because of its alleged relationship to the turbulent riots that took place last Sunday. In this way, the judicial siege of Bolsonaro’s political leadership is tightened, in addition to reinforcing the position that the attack was not spontaneous, but the result of careful planning to carry out a coup against the government of the leftist Lula da Silva.
The espionage report, as revealed by the newspaper ‘Folha de Sao Paulo’, warns the Citizen Security headquarters led by Torres of the concentration of demonstrators in Brasilia with “intent to commit acts of violence”. He adds that the crowd has an “alarming” tone, with thousands of people arriving from other parts of Brazil, whose intent is to “besiege” the capital and prevent the “seizure of power” and occupation of the institutions that are “the representing three powers”. » that support democracy.
Intelligence forwarded the document to Anderson Torres on January 6, two days before the attack. However, instead of drawing up an emergency plan, Brasilia’s security apparatus was significantly reduced, as the new justice minister, Flavio Dino, explained after the incidents. In addition to reducing the number of police officers in the Explanada de los Tres Poderes, where the institution’s headquarters are located, rules have also been reduced to limit the influx of people into the area.
The Supreme Court ordered Torres’ arrest last Tuesday, as the attack required the “consent and even effective participation of the appropriate authorities of public security and intelligence.” However, the spy service would try to prove that it did act to stop the coup.
The former Director of Public Security was vacationing in Florida with his family when the attack took place. The seasoned politician, justice minister in the previous cabinet and declared to be a supporter of Bolsonaro, then announced that he would turn himself in to justice and made it effective yesterday morning when he arrived at Brasilia airport on a flight from Miami. Federal police were waiting for him at the terminal.
Basically, Torres is charged with “dereliction of duty” and alleged “conspiracy” with the attackers. But everything can get worse. The police found a draft decree in his house aimed at reversing the results of the elections that gave Lula victory. The report was determined to invoke an article of the constitution that, in its imagination, would have allowed Bolsonaro to continue guaranteeing “social peace” until a special commission verified whether the election process contained irregularities or was legal . However, Brazilian jurists assure that the validity of this strategy is null and void and that its application would have been “unconstitutional”, although experts have no doubt that it would have fueled social conflict.
Former Secretary Torres is currently the most relevant charge arrested. But Justice is now following in the footsteps of Jair Bolsonaro himself. The Supreme Court has accepted the attorney general’s request to include the former president in the investigation under the suspicion that he is acting as the intellectual author of the coup attempt.
Like Donald Trump, the far-right leader may have been betrayed by his proclivity for speaking out on social media. Prosecutors have presented as evidence a video from January 10 in which Bolsonaro again questions the October presidential election. The ultra leader will continue in Florida, although he has announced his intention to return to Brazil. His lawyer denies having any connection to the events in Brasilia and attributes the disturbances to the existence of “infiltrators”.
Half of Brazil expected vandalism to nullify the results of the elections. With a parliament with a right-wing majority, with the threat of Bolsonaro’s military friends and with half the country against him, the question many are asking is: will the left-wing leader be able to rule him? Will he be able to carry out the promised reconstruction? Is the happy Brazil that Lula always dreams of possible?
With all this buzz, the president seems to have achieved the unity of the majority of parties to defend democracy, but in parliament he knows that the majority is right-wing. However, there is the idea that the coup attempt has accentuated Bolsonaro’s isolation and that Lula has become stronger with the support of rulers and the international community. Another voice viewing the Executive’s future with optimism is that of Mark Mabius, one of the most qualified executives in the industry to invest in emerging markets. In an interview with ‘Folha de Sao Paulo’, he points out that “the war on terror can unite Brazilians around Lula” and ensures that society’s response is positive and attractive to investors.
Source: La Verdad
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