Spill in Brazil: Bolsonaro flew over the disaster area while he was looking for 354 missing

RIO DE JANEIRO.- The Brazilian President,

Jair Bolsonaro,

this morning in the state of Minas Gerais to badess the severity of damage to man and the environment by

the break,

yesterday, from one
waste containment dam at an iron mine in the city of Brumadinho, which has already left 9 dead and 354 missing.

The President and his delegation arrived this morning at the main airport of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, where they were received by Governor Romeu Zema, with whom he flew over the region affected by helicopter. ;accident.

He then met in Belo Horizonte with ministers and leaders of the rescue teams and began the return to Brasilia.

The priority now, said Bolsonaro, is "to bring relief and badistance to the people" of the region affected by an avalanche of water and mud,
potentially polluting

Yesterday, during the establishment of a crisis cabinet to monitor the situation, the president had organized the transfer of Ministers of Regional Development (Gustavo Canuto), Mines and Energy (Bento Albuquerque) ) and the Environment (Ricardo Salles).

He also ordered the Ministry of Defense to coordinate the collaboration actions of the troops of the 4th military region, in Minas Gerais, to provide all the necessary support to the local teams of civil defense and firefighting. Three medium-sized helicopters with members of the army, navy and air force and equipped with special equipment for this type of task were put at the disposal of the search and rescue operations of the United States. possible survivors.