Arrest of Bolsonaro ally sought over riots

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 12, 2023 12:08 am

BRASÍLIA: Brazilian authorities seeking to punish the mob that stormed the halls of power in Brasilia issued on Tuesday arrest warrants for two former senior officials, one of them a close ally of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.

That ally is Anderson Torres, who used to be Bolsonaro's justice minister and lately served as security chief in the South American country's capital.

LOW POINT OF HIGH COURT A security guard looks at the damage wreaked by disgruntled supporters of Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro inside the Supreme Court building in the capital Brasilia on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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