The president (PT) praised the general director of , Andrei Rodrigues, as an American immigration agent after the government ordered the .
“Congratulations on your position in relation to the American delegate, establishing reciprocity. In other words, 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 this Wednesday (22).
The speech was made during a meeting between Lula, Andrei and the Minister of Justice, at Palácio da Alvorada. The three participated in the signing of the hiring of a thousand new federal police officers.
The Trump administration reported this Wednesday morning that the police officer, who worked in the US immigration sector, had acted to manipulate the immigration system and “circumvent both formal extradition requests and prolong political witch hunts in” American territory.
Earlier, Andrei stated that the blockade of the PF data system against the American server will last until the reason that led the USA to take action against the Brazilian agent is clarified.
As shown by Sheetthe police officer in question would be PF delegate Marcelo Ivo de Carvalho, who works in Miami. He is a PF attaché in the city and was involved in the case that led to the arrest of the former federal delegate and former deputy last week by ICE, the US immigration agency. Ramagem, who is considered a fugitive in Brazil, was released two days later, on Wednesday (15).
During (Germany) on Tuesday (21), Lula had already told journalists that, if abuse by the American authorities towards the police officer was identified, Brazil would take reciprocal measures against the USA.
“We want to do things as correctly as possible, but we cannot accept this type of interference that some characters want to have in relation to Brazil”, said the president, before heading to the last stage of his trip to , .
