Italian deputy Angelo Bonelli of the opposition denied that the licensed deputy (PL-SP) was voluntarily surrendered to the Italian police on Tuesday night (29), when he was.
Zambelli had been on the run for almost two months to escape the sentencing of ten years in prison for participating in the invasion of the (National Council of Justice) system.
After the arrest, her lawyer in Brazil Fabio Pagnozzi stated that she had surrendered to the authorities.
“It is false that she has surrendered spontaneously,” Bonelli told Sheet This Wednesday (30).
The parliamentarian, from the green and left group, said he received information from Zambelli’s address around 6:40 pm Tuesday (1:40 pm in Brazil) and warned the Italian police about an hour later. “At 9 pm, I was reported that police had knocked on this address and found Zambelli,” said Bonelli.
According to him, the Brazilian was in an apartment in the Aurélio neighborhood, in the west of the Italian capital. It is a residential area about 10 km from Termin Train Station, the city’s main.
With the arrest, which needs to be validated in the next few hours by the Italian court, may begin to process the extradition process. First, in the judiciary and the Ministry of Justice and then in the Italian government, which has the last word.
Ultra-minister’s prime minister has not yet commented on the case. Sought by the report, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Premier, Antonio Tajani, said he would not comment.
Matteo Salvini, also deputy premie and another pillar of the coalition in power, has already expressed himself favorably to Jair Bolsonaro’s family (PL). He found Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) in Italy at the end of June and, ten days ago, said the former president is “persecuted by the left judges” in Brazil.
According to the Italian press, Salvini said he intended to visit Zambelli in prison.
“On the part of the Italian right there will be a desire to transform this case into a political case, as it is doing [Donald] Trump with the decisions of Brazilian judges, “said Bonelli.
For the deputy, the possibility that Zambelli’s defense argues that she is a persecuted politics and so extradition should be rejected could put the Italian government in the face of a choice that can have serious consequences.
“It would be something very serious if the Italian government made this decision. It is not a person convicted of an opinion. This would open not only a conflict between the two countries, but an institutional problem in Italy very relevant,” he said.
Bonelli, who posted prison information on social networks, said he is receiving threats, presumably from Brazilian profiles. “In recent hours, in the various social profiles, I am receiving dozens of heavy insults and threats, including death. I will make a complaint to the police,” he said.
The parliamentarian has been following the Zambelli case since when the deputy declared his intention to travel to Italy to escape the conviction. Before entering the country, she said she considered herself “untouchable” in the country, as she is also an Italian citizen.
In the congressman’s view, this would prevent the extradition requested by the Brazilian government to be confirmed by the Italian government. Both the Italian Constitution and judicial cooperation agreements between Brazil and Italy predict that extradition will happen, even from those who have the double citizenship.
“I fulfilled my function as a citizen and deputy because I was outraged by this statement. No one is untouchable, it is an unacceptable statement,” said the deputy.
Since then he has been the author of two formal requests for clarification to the Italian government, which went to the House to give answers. On July 16, the government denied knowing the location of Zambelli and again said that when she entered the country her name was not yet on the Interpol list.
