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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gabriel Stargardter and Brad Haynes

First to fall after Brasilia riots: the Bolsonarista running capital security

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Justice Minister Anderson Torres attends a meeting of the Lower House's Human Rights Commission at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

When Brazilian rioters stormed government buildings in Brasilia on Sunday, the man tasked with keeping the city safe was a continent away in Florida - the same state his ex-boss, former President Jair Bolsonaro, had relocated to after losing last year's election.

Anderson Torres, Bolsonaro's justice minister from 2021 to 2022, took a job as Brasilia security chief after leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office on Jan. 1.

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