Brazilian government states that it is adopting all necessary measures to ensure the extradition of the parliamentarian, who seeks political asylum in Italy
Federal Deputy Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) will remain detained in Italy at least until the next court hearing, scheduled for mid-August. The decision was made after his participation in the custody hearing held on Friday (1st) in Rome. The defense of the parliamentarian should present new resources over the next week. Zambelli is imprisoned at the Rebibbia Penitentiary Institute, around the Italian capital. The parliamentarian was captured last Tuesday (29), in an apartment where he lived since June.
Zambelli is considered a fugitive from Brazilian justice after being convicted by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to ten years in prison for crimes of ideological falsehood and invasion of a computer device, in the case involving the National Council of Justice (CNJ) system. The deputy’s escape rekindled the debate on international criminal cooperation mechanisms. Before arriving in Italy, where she has citizenship, she passed the United States. Its name was included in Interpol’s red list.
The Brazilian government, through the AGU (Attorney General of the Union), has already reported to the Supreme Court that it is adopting all necessary measures with the Italian government to ensure the extradition of the parliamentary. The order came from Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case in the Supreme. If the extradition request is filed based on bilateral treaties and accompanied by proper documentation, the process may quickly process. Otherwise, Zambelli may request political asylum in the European country, which would make it difficult to return to Brazil.
In addition to the criminal conviction, Zambelli had decreed the loss of the parliamentary mandate. A figure close to former President Jair Bolsonaro during the government, he was politically isolated after the 2022 elections. In another process, she also responds for pursued, armed, a journalist on the streets of Sao Paulo in October of that year.
*With information from Eliseu Caetano
*Report produced with the aid of AI
