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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After a meeting with the Attorney General’s Office of Military Justice, the Defense Ministry announced that the armed forces will leave the streets of Rio de Janeiro today (February 22nd), according to government news reports. The Brazilian armed forces will be pulling out of Rio de Janeiro today, photo by Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil.
With the end of the so-called “Garantia da Lei e da Ordem” (GLO, or Law and Order Guarantee), the military will cease to operate in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Niterói and São Gonçalo.
When requested by the governor of the state or the Federal District, in exceptional cases, GLO is made to the President of the Republic when there is insufficient public security forces available, in situations such as police force strike action.

According to the ministry, yesterday the military prosecutor sent a document to President Michel Temer recommending that federal troops not stay in Rio state, on the grounds that missions can not be seen as a “simple replacement for ordinary public security activities.” (source rio times)