The police of the Federal District of Brasilia dismantled this Monday the camp that Bolsonaro militants had set up in front of the Army headquarters after the October elections, and from which the attacks on Sunday against the headquarters of the three powers in Brazil were launched.
Agents of the Brasilia Military Police, reinforced by Army troops, blocked the access to the camp early this Monday to prevent the arrival of more protesters, and ordered the peaceful eviction of those who remained in the place.
The police siege quickly took effect and, without the need for the authorities to use force, the hundreds of followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro who were camped out in front of the Army began to collect their belongings and leave the place.
In just half an hour, the camp was left with only the tents and some abandoned infrastructure, as well as a handful of protesters rushing to collect mattresses and other utensils.
The peaceful eviction occurred after Magistrate Alexandre de Moraes, one of the eleven members of the Supreme Court, ordered the dismantling of all the camps set up by Bolsonaristas in front of military barracks throughout the country and from which the followers of the leader far-right advocated a coup in Brazil to prevent the investiture of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office eight days ago.
The camp of the radicals in Brasilia, set up more than 70 days ago, since the progressive leader prevailed in the second round of the presidential elections, served as the base for the protesters who invaded the headquarters of the three powers of Brazil on Sunday and was the place they returned to after their failed attempt to force a coup.
Moraes, responsible for several of the investigations against Bolsonaro and his followers for attacks on democracy, also ordered that the occupants of the camps that participated in the attacks “be detained in flagrante for the practice of different crimes.”
The number of radicals in the camp in front of the Army headquarters had been falling since Lula’s inauguration, on January 1, and until Thursday the authorities counted some 200 people.
But on Saturday the number had jumped to around 3,000, after the Bolsonaristas called for Sunday’s demonstration in Brasilia, which ended in chaos and attacks on institutions.
Faced with the chaos generated by the assault on public buildings, Lula decreed federal intervention in the security area of Brasilia until January 31, with which the regional police will be under federal government control.
The assault on Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court was only resolved after four and a half hours of confusion, when riot agents charged and fired tear gas against the exalted who were inside and outside the buildings of the three powers.
According to the latest information, at least 300 people were arrested for anti-democratic attacks, which were widely condemned by all Brazilian institutions and by the international community.
