International Brazil Capitol Riot: Bolsonaro Supporters Ransack Presidential Palace, Congress, and Supreme Court After Election Defeat.

‘No amnesty!’: Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters
By DAVID BILLER and FELIPE MELLO

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — “No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!”

The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo’s law college on Monday afternoon. Within hours, it was the rallying cry for thousands of Brazilians who streamed into the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, penned on protest posters and banners.

The words are a demand for retribution against the supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed Brazil’s capital Sunday, and those who enabled the rampage.

“These people need to be punished, the people who ordered it need to be punished, those who gave money for it need to be punished,” Bety Amin, a 61-year-old therapist, said on Sao Paulo’s main boulevard. The word “DEMOCRACY” stretched across the back of her shirt. “They don’t represent Brazil. We represent Brazil.”

Protesters’ push for accountability evokes memories of an amnesty law that for decades has protected military members accused of abuse and murder during the country’s 1964-85 dictatorship. A 2014 truth commission report sparked debate over how Brazil has grappled with the regime’s legacy.

Declining to mete out punishment “can avoid tensions at the moment, but perpetuates instability,” Luis Felipe Miguel, a professor of political science at the University of Brasilia, wrote in a column entitled “No Amnesty” published Monday evening. “That is the lesson we should have learned from the end of the military dictatorship, when Brazil opted not to punish the regime’s killers and torturers.”

Brazilian police on Monday had already rounded up roughly 1,500 rioters. Some were caught in the act of trashing Brazil’s Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace. Most were detained the following morning at an encampment in Brasilia. Many were held in a gymnasium throughout the day, and video shared on pro-Bolsonaro social media channels showed some complaining about poor treatment in the crowded space.

Hundreds of elderly and sick detainees were released Tuesday after they were questioned and had their phones inspected, local media O Globo reported. The Federal Police’s press office told The Associated Press that the force plans to indict at least 1,000 people. As of early afternoon, 447 people had been transfered to either a detention center or prison, according to a bulletin from the federal district’s penitenciary administration.

The administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says jailing the rioters is only the start.

Justice minister Flávio Dino vowed to prosecute those who acted behind the scenes to summon supporters on social media and finance their transport on charges involving organized crime, staging a coup, and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. Authorities also are investigating allegations that local security personnel allowed the destruction to proceed unabated.

“We cannot and will not compromise in fulfilling our legal duties,” Dino said. “This fulfillment is essential so such events do not repeat themselves.”

Lula signed a decree, now approved by both houses of Congress, ordering the federal government to assume control of security in the capital.

Far-right elements have refused to accept Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat. Since his Oct. 30 loss, they have camped outside military barracks in Brasilia, pleading for intervention to allow Bolsonaro to remain in power and oust Lula. When no coup materialized, they rose up themselves.

Decked out in the green and yellow of the national flag, they broke windows, toppled furniture and hurled computers and printers to the ground. They punched holes in a massive Emiliano Di Cavalcanti painting at the presidential palace and destroyed other works of art. They overturned the U-shaped table where Supreme Court justices convene, ripped a door off one justice’s office and vandalized a statue outside the court. Hours passed before police expelled the mob.

“It’s unacceptable what happened yesterday. It’s terrorism,” Marcelo Menezes, a 59-year-old police officer from northeastern Pernambuco state, said at a protest in Sao Paulo. “I’m here in defense of democracy, I’m here in defense of the people.”

Cries of “No amnesty!” were also heard during Lula’s Jan. 1 inaugural address, in response to the president detailing the neglect of the outgoing Bolsonaro administration.

Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has waxed nostalgic for the dictatorship era, praised a notorious torturer as a hero and said the regime should have gone further in executing communists. His government also commemorated the anniversary of Brazil’s 1964 coup.

Political analysts had repeatedly warned that Bolsonaro was laying the groundwork for an insurrection in the mold of that which unfolded in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. For months, he stoked belief among hardcore supporters that the nation’s electronic voting system was prone to fraud — though he never presented any evidence and independent experts disagreed.

Results from the election, the closest since Brazil’s return to democracy, were quickly recognized by politicians across the spectrum, including some Bolsonaro allies, as well as dozens of other governments. The outgoing president surprised nearly everyone by promptly fading from view, neither conceding defeat nor emphatically crying fraud. He and his party submitted a request to nullify millions of votes, which was swiftly dismissed by the electoral authority.

None of that dissuaded his die-hard backers from their conviction that Bolsonaro should still be in power.

In the immediate aftermath of the riot, Lula said that the so-called “fascist fanatics” and their financial backers must be held responsible. He also accused Bolsonaro of encouraging the uprising.

Bolsonaro denied the president’s accusation Sunday. Writing on Twitter, he said peaceful protest is part of democracy, but vandalism and invasion of public buildings cross the line.

Authorities are also investigating the role of the federal district’s police in either failing to halt protesters’ advance or standing aside to let them run amok. Prosecutors in the capital said local security forces were negligent at the very least. A supreme court justice temporarily suspended the regional governor, who oversees the force, for what he termed “willful omission”. Another justice blamed authorities across Brazil for not swiftly cracking down on “homegrown neofascism.”

The upheaval finally prompted municipal and state governments to disperse the pro-Bolsonaro encampments outside the military barracks. Their tents and tarps were taken down, and residents were sent packing.

Meanwhile, pro-democracy protesters want to ensure their message — “No amnesty!” — will be heeded by both the law enforcement authorities and any far-right elements who might dare defy democracy again.

“After what happened yesterday, we need to go to the street,” said Marcos Gama, a retiree protesting Monday night in Sao Paulo. “We need to react.”
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Hit-N-Run said:
Yeah….. performing an investigation into election interference is the same as lying about the election process, attacking the capital, threatening to hang people, and causing deaths.

Fucking morons….
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would January 6th even have happened if they opened the same investigation into the election? Absolutely not
Instead of forming a bipartisan committee to investigate the election, they decided to investigate the citizins that demanded an investigation.


You want to know how you know the election was BS. ? Because the Dems refused to investigate.. do you know that a bipartisan commission, validating the results of the election would have knocked the GOP out of politics for generations.
.except they didn't and they decided to investigate citizins.

It's ok MAGA has already announced a broad investigation into the "safest election in American history"
.you can cry about that too if you want..

PS it won't be a bipartisan investigation either
 
The mystery buses behind Brazil Congress attack

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Authorities seized a fleet of about 40 buses after the riot
Hundreds of the protesters who stormed Brazil's Congress have been arrested but mystery still surrounds the identity of the people pulling the strings. Could a fleet of buses seized by police hold the key?

Two months ago, 60-year-old Odair boarded a bus in the southeastern state of Parana, bound for Brazil's capital more than 1,460 km (907 miles) away.

His mission: to spend weeks showing his support for a man he affectionately refers to as "the Captain" - former President Jair Bolsonaro.

For Odair, the trip ended badly.

While he claims he did not participate in the riot at Brazil's Congress on 8 January, he was among the more than 1,500 taken into custody by police at nearby Bolsonaro supporters' encampments - where many had been for weeks - in the immediate aftermath.


"There were old ladies in there, crying. They had lost contact with everyone," he told the BBC after his release, clad in the blue and yellow Brazilian football gear that has become synonymous with Bolsonaro supporters. "This is really sad business."

Those detained hail from at least 10 Brazilian states and like Odair they made a long journey to Brasilia.

Four days before the riot, a video inviting people to the Brazilian capital for a "party" went viral. It promised free buses would take people from different parts of the country, with coffee and food laid on.

Who or what group was behind this idea, and financed it, remains something of a mystery - one that has gripped the attention of people across the country.

"It's obvious to everyone they didn't do it themselves," Alice Teixeira, a Brasilia resident, told the BBC at a local filling station. "They were from many places."

What have authorities said?
Earlier this week, Brazil's current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the rioters are "possibly victims" of manipulation at the hands of still-unknown financiers.

So far, much of the investigation has focused on a fleet of approximately 40 buses seized by authorities after the riot. Many of these brightly-coloured buses are currently parked in a police lot on the outskirts of the city, where they are clearly visible from the highway.

At a news conference on Tuesday, Justice Minister Flavio Dino said that unnamed "business executives" rented the buses to transport Bolsonaro supporters to Brasilia from across the nation who had been offered "free trips" on social media.

While Mr Dino offered no names amid the ongoing investigation, he described the alleged organisers as being involved in the agriculture industry and the gun lobby in Brazil's conservative midwestern and southern states. Others - including President Lula - have suggested that mining and logging firms may also be involved.

Politically, these regions are considered bastions of support for Mr Bolsonaro.

Paulo Abrão, a Brazilian law professor and human rights expert, said that backers are likely from groups that "benefited from a lack of government control" under the Bolsonaro government.

"The financiers of this incident could be groups that harm the environment, or who violate human rights in their work," he said. "These groups would benefit from attacking the institutions of the state."

Denials from 'Bolsonaristas'
Many hardline supporters of the former President continue to cling to the narrative that the events of 8 January were the work of leftist provocateurs who, they say, wanted to derail peaceful protests against the Lula government.

Among them is Telma Viera, a Sao Paolo resident who spent weeks at a camp in the city alongside other Bolsonaro supporters. On Tuesday, she was in Brasilia, where she was visiting two friends taken into custody following the riot.

"This was not something done by our patriots," she said outside the police facility where the alleged rioters are being held. "There were people from the left there, before ours."

Another Bolsonaro supporter, Edson Varela, echoed Viera's statement, saying that "infiltrators" started the violence at the riot "to give the government another reason for coming after Bolsonaro".

As evidence, Ms Varela and Ms Viera both pointed to Instagram and social media videos which purport to show known Lula supporters among the crowd.

While none of these videos have been substantiated, these opinions are being widely shared and gaining traction among large swathes of Brazilians, both at home and abroad.

Juscelino Colares, a US-based Brazilian law professor, told the BBC that his numerous Brazilian friends have sent him "videos that document Bolsonaristas telling rioters not to burn or destroy public property".

"Like me, they all believe many agent provocateurs from the left took advantage of frustration among some naive right-wing protesters," he said.

What's next?
While Brazilian officials have vowed to identify and punish those responsible, they have so far offered little detail on the investigation, although Brazilian telecom carriers have been ordered to preserve data that may be related to the riot.

Any potential penalties for those who organised the riot remain unclear.

Some Brazilians, like Mr Abrão - a former executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights - are now calling for a congressional commission to probe the riot and what led up to it, as was the case in the US with the committee that looked into the 6 January 2021 riot.

"This country really needs to establish an instrument like that, that involves the judiciary and other government powers," he said. "We need to create the conditions to make that possible. It's vital."

In the meantime, many Brazilians will be anxiously waiting for answers.

"I believe some will [eventually] be identified," said Geomar Andre Bender, a lawyer and author. "But some will never leave their mark."
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64231246
 
BlankaPresident said:
Steve Bannon works closely with the sponsors and organizers of the riot in Brasília.

It's not Trump's fault but they are all related and part of the same movement.
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It's obvious they advised Bolsonaro and his supporters to do this. Not Trumps fault? I very much doubt that Bannon is acting completely independently of Trump. I'm sure at the very least he gave it his seal of approval.
 
BlankaPresident said:
Follow the money.
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They will try, but I wouldn't be surprised if the people who chartered this fleet of 40 buses paid up front for their service with cash, using stooges to do their dirty work.

I mean, they would have to be incredibly stupid to charter the buses in their own name and credit card, right?
 
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Saye_mc said:
would January 6th even have happened if they opened the same investigation into the election? Absolutely not
Instead of forming a bipartisan committee to investigate the election, they decided to investigate the citizins that demanded an investigation.


You want to know how you know the election was BS. ? Because the Dems refused to investigate.. do you know that a bipartisan commission, validating the results of the election would have knocked the GOP out of politics for generations.
.except they didn't and they decided to investigate citizins.

It's ok MAGA has already announced a broad investigation into the "safest election in American history"
.you can cry about that too if you want..

PS it won't be a bipartisan investigation either
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You need this thing called evidence to investigate. There was zero evidence about election fraud. Every states election officials followed protocols that have worked for decades, some multiple times and found nothing. Third parties selected by MAGA cunts found nothing, 65 frivolous lawsuits tossed, the top DOJ official (Barr) literally called it all “bullshit”.

There was nothing to investigate because it was a fabricated lie by Trump and his Allie’s that had no merit. All the items I brought up show that.
 
Hit-N-Run said:
You need this thing called evidence to investigate. There was zero evidence about election fraud. Every states election officials followed protocols that have worked for decades, some multiple times and found nothing. Third parties selected by MAGA cunts found nothing, 65 frivolous lawsuits tossed, the top DOJ official (Barr) literally called it all “bullshit”.

There was nothing to investigate because it was a fabricated lie by Trump and his Allie’s that had no merit. All the items I brought up show that.
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its still real to them dammit!
 
Hello free Wrold, say hello to a new dictator

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Brazil's dictator Alexandre de Morais is funded by the PCC, the largest crime organization of south america

he was formely the attorney of Marcola, the brazilian el chapo
anyone who enforced the fight aggainst the organized crime will be judged a terrorist by him, specially bolsonaro who massively weaken the organized crime in the past years.

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Even the PT (lula's party) had accused him of his associaton to the pcc. Not even lula will stand in his way. Morais is the biggest dictator in south america since Pinochet.

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Islam Imamate said:
What makes it even more stupid is that unlike Jan 6th these dopes did their riot after the new president had taken office. Even when trying to overturn a democracy BRs can't be on time <Lmaoo>
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- But you can be sure they combined that to be months before. But knowing brazilians:
Jocelino:
- Hey bro, arent we going to do the coupe like this month?
Adalberto in his brazilian soccer team t-shirt replies:
- Nah, mate. Getting early is for dorks. Were gonna arrive on time!
 

Jair Bolsonaro surrenders passport in coup attempt investigation​

Police seize passport as agents carry out 33 searches and four arrests across Brazil, targeting allies of far-right former president

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has surrendered his passport as part of a police investigation into the attempted coup on 8 January 2023, which sought to keep him in power, his lawyers have said.

In operations that also targeted key allies of the former far-right leader, federal police agents carried out 33 searches and four arrests across Brazil on Thursday morning.

They visited Bolsonaro’s holiday home on the south coast of Rio de Janeiro, where he was given 24 hours to hand over his passport and was banned from making contact with the other suspects. Soon afterwards, police seized the passport at the headquarters of Bolsonaro’s Liberal party in Brasília, one of his lawyers told GloboNews.

According to Brazil’s media, military officers and high-profile members of the previous administration are among the targets of the operation, including Bolsonaro’s running mate in the 2022 election, Gen Walter Braga Netto. The president of the Liberal party, Valdemar Costa Neto, was also targeted and the party’s headquarters in Brasília were raided.

The four suspects taken into police custody reportedly include former aides to Bolsonaro.

In a statement, federal police said the operation, which was authorised by the supreme court, was looking into “a criminal organisation that attempted a coup d’état and the abolition of the democratic state of law, to obtain advantages of a political nature by maintaining the then-president of the republic in power”.

According to the police, the group disseminated disinformation about fraud in the 2022 elections before the vote took place “as a way of making a military intervention viable and legitimate”.

Part of the group acted to aid a coup d’état with the support of military officers who had knowledge of special forces tactics, the police said.

Speaking to a local radio station, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said it was vital to find out who financed the 8 January insurrection that aimed to unseat his government last year and that he did not think it would have happened without Bolsonaro. “We will await the investigations,” Lula said.

He added: “A lot of people should be investigated, because it is concrete fact that there was an attempted coup, there was a policy of disrespecting democracy, there was an attempt to destroy something we built so many years ago, which is the democratic process.”


In comments reported by the Folha de S Paulo newspaper on Thursday, Bolsonaro said: “I left the government more than a year ago and continue to suffer from relentless persecution.”

The 68-year-old far-right populist faces a number of other criminal investigations, including a suspected jewellery embezzlement scheme. Last year an electoral court banned him from running for political office until 2030 over his peddling of lies and disinformation in the 2022 election.

Bolsonaro repeatedly sowed doubt about the reliability of Brazil’s voting system and never conceded defeat after the election. He and his political party filed a request to annul ballots cast on most electronic voting machines, which would have overturned results.

The request was rejected and the head of Brazil’s electoral authority, Alexandre de Moraes, wrote in his decision that the challenge appeared aimed at incentivising anti-democratic protest movements and creating tumult.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ed-passport-brazil-coup-attempt-investigation
 
Arkain2K said:
They will try, but I wouldn't be surprised if the people who chartered this fleet of 40 buses paid up front for their service with cash, using stooges to do their dirty work.

I mean, they would have to be incredibly stupid to charter the buses in their own name and credit card, right?
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