Use of National Force in Brasília extended

By determination of Brazil’s Justice and Public Security Minister Flávio Dino, the use of the National Force in the country’s Federal District, where capital city Brasília is located, was extended until February 4.

The minister stipulated that the military agents should assist in the protection of public order as well as public and private property between the city’s main bus station and the Três Poderes square, where the government buildings are situated.

The move comes as another preventive measure following the acts of vandalism reported on January 8, when far-right radicals stormed and ransacked the Planalto presidential palace and the buildings of the National Congress and the Supreme Court.