Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized with abdominal pain a day after his supporters stormed Parliament

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to a hospital in Orlando, Florida, on Monday with “abdominal pain,” a day after some of his hardline supporters stormed the capital, Brasilia.

Bolsonaro has been hospitalized several times in recent years after being stabbed while campaigning for the presidency in 2018. A family source said his condition was “no concern”.

Bolsonaro traveled to the United States two days before Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.

Joe Biden now faces mounting pressure to bring Bolsonaro out of his self-imposed exile in the Orlando suburbs.

Brazil said on Monday it would use the “blood, feces and urine” left behind by rioters to identify and hunt down those who stormed government buildings in the capital, Brasilia, on Sunday.

Government ministers assessing the scale of the riots said “organic materials” were left inside the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court complex, which were looted by Bolsonaro’s supporters.

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