https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/lula-brazils-intelligence-services-failed-ahead-brasilia-bolsonaro-rio-rcna66519
Lula: Brazil's intelligence services failed ahead of Brasilia pro-Bolsonaro riots
In a TV interview, Lula said "my intelligence did not exist…We have Army intelligence, Air Force intelligence, ABIN (Brazil’s Intelligence Agency); none of them warned me.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday his intelligence services had failed on Jan. 8, when Brasilia buildings were stormed by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The fresh remarks come as Lula’s criticism of the military mounts, with the commander-in-chief condemning it in recent days for failing to act against the rioting Bolsonaro supporters.
“We made an elementary mistake: my intelligence did not exist (that day),” Lula told TV channel GloboNews in an interview. “We have Army intelligence, Air Force intelligence, ABIN (Brazil’s Intelligence Agency); none of them warned me.”