Rua Tonelero

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Rua Tonelero
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Rua Tonelero in 2018
Location Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nearest metro station Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde (Line 1 – Orange)

Tonelero is the name of a street located in the neighbourhood of Copacabana in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after the Battle of the Tonelero Pass. The Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde stations of Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro are accessible from this street.

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1954 attack

Rua Tonelero attack
Carlos Frederico Werneck de Lacerda, governador do Estado da Guanabara, comemora a criacao do Estado da Guanabara no Palacio Tiradentes, Rio de Janeiro, GB (cropped).jpg
Carlos Lacerda, the target of the operation, was injured during the attack
Getulio Vargas DFSP.jpg
Gregório Fortunato (right), the chief security guard of President Getúlio Vargas (center), was sentenced for his involvement in the crime

Rua Tonelero gained historical significance due to the Rua Tonelero shooting, which took place on 5 August 1954, at 12:30 AM, at number 180 of the street. In an attempt to assassinate publishing executive and politician Carlos Lacerda, perpetrator, Alcino João do Nascimento, fatally shot his bodyguard, Major Rubens Vaz, wounded security guard, Sálvio Romeiro, and injured Lacerda with a shot in the foot. [1]

A member of the National Democratic Union, Lacerda was one of the key political adversaries of President Vargas, who had previously ruled as a dictator from 1930 to 1945, and mounted a strong opposition campaign against the president through his newspaper, Tribuna da Imprensa. [1]

An investigation following the incident found that Nascimento, a professional carpenter, had been a hired gun for Climério Euribes de Almeida, who accompanied him during the crime and was only identified later. At the time Almeida was a member of Getúlio Vargas's official security detail, as well as a friend of Vargas's chief bodyguard Gregório Fortunato. Upon questioning, Nascimento named Vargas's son Lutero Vargas as the orchestrator of the shooting. On 8 August 1954, Fortunato confessed to his involvement in the crime. Fortunato, Nascimento and Almeida were all sentenced afterwards. [2]

The Tonelero shooting escalated the political crisis that led to calls for Vargas to resign, and which culminated in his suicide by gunshot on 24 August 1954. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Luiz Fernando Viana. ""Crime da rua Tonelero" ainda gera dúvida" ["Rua Tonelero Crime" still raises doubt]. Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. Giulio Sanmartini (10 August 2004). "O atentado da Rua Tonelero". pt:Observatório da Imprensa . Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. "1954: Brazilian president found dead". BBC News. 24 August 1954. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. Raphael Kapa (2 August 2014). "Sessenta anos depois, atentado da rua Tonelero ainda gera especulações". O Globo . Retrieved 15 February 2020.