Special team of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) travelled to France to exchange information with the country's authorities on terrorism.
According Brazilian website G1 the General Coordinator for the Intelligence Area for the Rio Olympics 2016 Saulo Moura said "we evaluated our intelligence assessment with French delegation".
The General Coordinator of the Games’ Public Security, Cristiano Barbosa Sampaio, said "Brazil is on yellow alert" but "we can move up to orange or red, if any specific threat is identified".
On July 16, Security Forces conducted an exercise to confront at the Deodoro Sports Complex station that simulates a possible terrorist attack with a bomb blast and to verify if Security Teams are prepared to act in extreme cases.
The Deodoro Sports Complex will host about 11 Olympic sports: horseback riding, mountain biking, BMX cycling, modern pentathlon, shooting sports, slalom canoeing, field hockey, rugby, and basketball.
The station is the final stop for those who will watch the games at the site. In all, 47,000 security force agents will act at the Olympics in Rio.
On July 15, 200 members of the Air Force and Navy based in Roraima, Amazonas, and Paratroops landed in the Galeao Air Base to work on the Olympics security scheme.
Brazilian President Michel Temer said that Brazil is "highly prepared" to face terrorist threats during the Rio Olympics 2016.
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