Jair Bolsonaro's supporters force entry into Brazil capital's mall

Video shared on social media showed trucks progressing while blaring their horns as hundreds of supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro dressed in the national green-and-yellow colors walked alongside and cheered.

Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro broke through police roadblocks Monday night that had sought to prevent access to the capital’s central mall on the eve of a demonstration scheduled to coincide with Brazil’s Independence Day. The Federal District’s security secretariat said in a statement that officers had been deployed in an effort to control the situation. Video shared on social media showed trucks progressing while blaring their horns as hundreds of people dressed in the national green-and-yellow colors walked alongside and cheered.