After the explosions recorded on Wednesday night (13) at the Federal Superior Court (STF) and in the parking lot of Annex 4 of the Chamber of Deputies, in Brasília, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that the security scheme planned by the federal government for the G20 Leaders Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, over the next week, is maintained.
THE Brazil Agencythe Itamaraty press office highlighted that, as of this Thursday (14), it is the Armed Forces that operate in the Law and Order Guarantee (GLO) operation in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. As far as the department is concerned, preparations involving the security of the event are continuing as planned.
GLO
In a statement, the Ministry of Defense informed that a force of 9 thousand men will work in the GLO operation during the G20 Leaders’ Summit, which will take place next Monday (18) and Tuesday (19), in Rio de Janeiro. January.
Military personnel from the Navy, Army and Brazilian Air Force (FAB) will work to secure the delegations on the external perimeter of the Museum of Modern Art (MAM), the Marina da Glória, the Monument to Estácio de Sá and the places where delegations of the heads of state.
THE Decree No. 12,243 It was signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and seeks to reinforce the security of delegations around the event venue, which will host 19 member countries, in addition to the African Union and the European Union, totaling 56 delegations.
“The work of the military will take place in conjunction with federal public security bodies and the state of Rio de Janeiro. The GLO ends on November 21st”, informs the ministry in the statement.
Investigation
At a press conference, the director general of the Federal Police (PF), Andrei Passos Rodrigues, said that the explosions do not represent an “isolated fact” and that the anti-terrorism investigation unit was called in to assist in the work.
“All of this indicates that these extremist groups are active and need us to act vigorously,” he said.
Passos ordered the opening of a police investigation and the referral of the case to the STF in view of the hypotheses of acts that undermine the Democratic Rule of Law and terrorist acts. “We are treating these cases under these two aspects and, therefore, our anti-terrorism unit is acting directly.”
