Key Bolsonaro ally arrested on return to Brazil over alleged coup attempt

Former justice minister Anderson Torres was capital’s security chief when far-right rioters stormed government buildings

One of Jair Bolsonaro’s key allies, the former justice minister Anderson Torres, has been arrested in Brazil’s capital in connection with last week’s alleged attempt to overthrow the country’s new government.

Torres, who was Brasília’s security chief at the time of the attacks, flew back from Florida, where he had purportedly been holidaying, on Saturday morning and was arrested by federal police at the city’s international airport.