“Exemplary Penalties”. A few hours after the speech by Brazilian President Lula with the promise to soon find the “fanatic fascists” deployed in Brasilia on Sunday, the first measures have already been taken for what appears to be the upper echelon compared to the mass of vandals who attacked Parliament . Brazilian Justice Minister Flavio Dino said federal police had already identified suspects in 10 states across the country economic connections to the organizers of the coup attempt and informed that arrest warrants have already been issued. A news reported by the Estao newspaper website.
So would the suspects financed the rental of buses to bring extremists to the capital. The responsibility also lies with those who were not present at the attacks, said the minister: funders and organizers. The Attorney General of the Brazilian Union (AGU) announced today that it has identified more than 100 companies, particularly in relation to the agri-food sectorsuspected of having financed Sunday’s “coup demonstration” in Brasilia. The money from these private entities, it is argued, “was used to pay for buses carrying coup plotters and to help radical Bolsonarians camp out in front of army headquarters in preparation for the attempted coup.” . The AGU will file the first lawsuits against these private groups. It’s interim measures in federal district court for them to come the assets held by these companies have been frozen. One of the goals, it is stated, is to use these resources to cover the damage done to the invaded and destroyed properties. The more than 100 identified companies are spread across different Brazilian states, and many are based in Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina.
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“There is no dialogue with terrorists, everyone is punished,” said the Supreme Court (Stf) judge. Alexandre de Morae, during the inauguration of the new Director General of the Brazilian Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues. “You cannot talk in a civilized manner to these people who are not civilized,” the official added. “All those responsible will be punished, all those who practiced, planned, financed and promoted the acts, by action or omission, because democracy will prevail,” concluded Moraes. Meanwhile, the executive secretary of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Ricardo Cappelli, has been appointed by the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva The Commissioner for Public Security Interventions of the Federal District of Brasilia said that the “terrorist actions” carried out by the Bolsonarists on Sunday were the result of an “act of sabotage” by the former Minister of Public Security of the capital, Anderson Torres. Former Minister of Justice in Jair Bolsonaro’s government, Torres, Cappelli stated, “assumed responsibility as Minister of Security for the Brasilia District on January 2nd changed all those responsible and left‘ for the United States. So what happened was no coincidence. What was missing on Sunday – he told CNN Brasil – was command, leadership of the Federal District Security Ministry, a fact that facilitated the action of Bolsonaro’s militants.”
The Deputy Attorney General of the Brazilian Court of Accounts (TCU), Lucas Rocha Furtadohas ordered the blocking of bank accounts issued to Bolsonaro: the blockade will also hit the governor of the federal district, Ibaneis Rocha (now suspended by the Supreme Court, editor’s note), the former head of public security in Brasilia, Anderson Torres, and all financiers of the vandalism that took place against the buildings of power in the Brazilian capital on Sunday. Speaking from the US, the former president said he regretted the acts of violence and vandalism committed by his supporters in Brasilia on Sunday. Bolsonaro, who has been in the United States since December 30 for a planned vacation of at least a month, also told a correspondent from CNN Brasil could “prepone” his return to Brazil to treat his health problems. The former right-wing leader is currently being treated at an Orlando hospital for a bowel obstruction. The camp of his supporters in front of the army headquarters in Brasilia was finally cleared by the police. The city cleaning department has already removed 60 tons of it with twelve trucks.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets and squares of Brazil’s main cities yesterday. The participation in the demonstration in São Paulo was “impressive”, reports the BBC this morning: part of Avenida Paulista, the most famous street in the country, She was stopped for traffic as the crowd sang and danced for justice. Many demonstrators were dressed in red, the color of Lula’s Labor Party; others waved placards that read “No amnesty for putschists” and still others chanted “Prison for Bolsonaro”. Yesterday morning police began dismantling a camp of Bolsonaro supporters in Brasília, one of many set up outside of barracks across the country following the presidential election. Last night, the Minister of Justice announced that “about 1,500” people had been arrested so far.
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