This Saturday, the security service of the Brazilian President managed to stop an attempted invasion of the Palacio da Alvorada, the official residence of Lula da Silva in Brasilia, undertaken by a driver driving a black Ford Focus. The car tried to break through the first blocking barrier set up on the road leading to Alvorada and the Jabur Palace, where Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin lives, and fled after it was shot at and had its tires slashed.
Little confirmed information about the incident, provided first-hand by the Brasília-based news site “Metrópoles”, shows that the vehicle disobeyed orders to stop at high speed when approaching the first presidential security checkpoint. Realizing that the machine was not going to stop, the military activated the first physical obstacle, dubbed the “Fakir’s Bed”, consisting of sharp pieces of metal that are hidden in the ground, but can be raised if necessary, as happened.
The car’s tires were torn, but it still tried to continue driving, after which the military opened fire on the car. As a result of the shelling, the car changed direction and drove onto the access road to the Jaburu Palace, managing to escape despite all the damage caused.
As of 5:40 pm this Saturday in Lisbon, February 24, the Presidential Communications Secretariat has not yet issued any statement or comment on the incident. When the invader tried to get to the official residence, Lula found himself there, having returned early in the morning from a trip to Rio de Janeiro.
The incident comes at a time of heightened tension in Brazil, with former President Jair Bolsonaro, generals, former ministers and advisers under investigation for allegedly planning a coup in 2022 to prevent Lula from taking office. It is to defend himself against this charge that Jair Bolsonaro has called tomorrow in Sao Paulo, with the support of evangelical pastors, for what he believes will be a great popular act of retribution that will rock the country’s politics.
This point is also one of the domestic and international controversies that Lula da Silva himself is involved in after he accused Israel of using the same brutality in the Gaza Strip that Hitler used against Jews, which provoked a huge chorus of protests from the Tel-A government. Aviva. entities around the world. The Federal Police and the GSI Institutional Security Directorate, responsible for Lula’s security, will investigate the incident that occurred this Saturday to find out who is responsible and what his real intentions are.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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