Brazil's new leader removes 40 troops guarding the presidential residence after expressing distrust in the military for failing to prevent demonstrators from ransacking government buildings on January 8.
More than 1,000 people were arrested on the day of the January 8 riot, which bore strong similarities to the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol.Back in Brazil, officials said the rioters "attempted, with the use of violence and serious threat, to abolish the democratic rule of law, preventing or restricting the exercise of constitutional powers".
The prosecutor-general's office sent its charges to the Supreme Court after the Senate's president, Rodrigo Pacheco, last week provided a list of people accused of rampaging through congress.Most of the troops guarding the Alvorada Palace, as the presidential residence is called, are from the army, but some are also members of the navy, air force and a militarised police force.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he is convinced military personnel let rioters in. Investigations into the rampage have begun to show apparently intentional lapses in security that allowed it to occur.
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