The court has until next week to decide on the extradition of five, according to Criminal Court No. 3 in the neighboring country.
Joelton Gusmão de Oliveira and Wellington Luiz Firmino are on trial, sentenced to 17 years in prison; Ana Paula de Souza and Rodrigo de Freitas Moro Ramalho, sentenced to 14; and Joel Borges Correa, sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Souza was arrested after breaking her ankle bracelet and fleeing into the country. At the beginning of the year, she complained in an interview with CNN about not receiving support from Bolsonaro parliamentarians and about having been “forgotten” in an Argentine prison.
Oliveira was arrested in November 2024 in the city of La Plata. The Ministry of Security of the province of Buenos Aires reported at the time that the capture occurred when police officers saw a man in a suspicious attitude and, when trying to identify him, found that he had an arrest and extradition warrant issued by the Brazilian Court.
In March, Argentina’s Federal Court denied a request to release Correa, who was also arrested in La Plata.
Ramalho, in turn, was detained in January, after being identified during an immigration process.
Firmino was arrested in November 2024, in the province of Jujuy (northwest of Argentina).
The five are part of the group of 61 Brazilians convicted of the coup who fled to Argentina. The extradition request was made by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court).
Judge Daniel Rafecas, from the Federal Criminal Court number 3, is responsible for the case. The magistrate told the Brazilian press that all 61 will be subjected to an extradition trial.
The case will be monitored by lawyers from AGU (Attorney General of the Union), representing Brazil. The five people sentenced, with the decision to be made within three working days.
Due to a holiday on Monday (8) in Argentina, the deadline is next Tuesday (9), and an appeal can still be made to the country’s Supreme Court.
The convicts are being held in Argentine prisons, and the trial has already been postponed three times.
There were doubts about the progress of the trials in Argentina, given the president’s close relationship with the former president (PL). Last year, however, Argentine government spokesman Manuel Adorni stated that there would be no “impunity pacts” and that the country would respect the decisions of the Brazilian Judiciary.
In 2024, the Argentine court ordered the arrest of all of them, following a request issued by the Brazilian government. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had received a list of more than 180 names of fugitives to Argentina and other countries.
Brazilians have already requested refuge from Argentina’s National Commission for Refugees, but the body has not yet responded.
