President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva praised the director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, for withdrawing the diplomatic credentials of a United States official working in Brazil. The measure occurred after the Donald Trump government requested the removal from the United States of Federal Police delegate Marcelo Ivo de Carvalho, involved in the arrest of former deputy Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ) in American territory.
— Congratulations on your position in relation to the American delegate, stating reciprocity, that is, what they did to us, we will do to them. Hoping that they are willing to talk again and things return to normal — said Lula in a video published on social media.
The officer was an American police officer who worked within a PF unit in Brasília, until his credentials were withdrawn. From now on, the agent no longer has access to the unit and databases used for cooperation between the police in Brazil and the United States. Andrei states that this procedure was exactly what happened to the Brazilian delegate who worked in Miami.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the terms of application of reciprocity “involve the immediate interruption of the exercise of official functions by a North American representative of a homologous area in Brazilian territory”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the United States did not follow the “good diplomatic practice of dialogue” between “friendly nations, such as Brazil and the United States” in asking for the US withdrawal of the delegate. In the text, Itamaraty justifies the reciprocal action adopted by the Federal Police towards an American agent who worked in cooperation with the institution.
In the recording made at Palácio da Alvorada, Lula appears alongside Andrei Rodrigues and the Minister of Justice, Wellington César Lima e Silva, to announce the hiring of 1,000 federal police officers.
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