The Brazilian government presented this Thursday (25) a new statement to the Italian Court to request the extradition of the former deputy (-SP). This time, in the case of the conviction in the episode in which she was convicted on the eve of the second round of the 2022 elections.
The country made the request in connection with the conviction for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal constraint to the local Court of Cassation, the last instance of Italian justice. The trial was concluded by the (Federal Supreme Court) in August 2025.
In May, he denied the extradition of the former federal deputy. The judges considered the role of minister Alexandre de Moraes in the (National Council of Justice) a problem in which Zambelli was sentenced in May last year to ten years in prison.
Document obtained by Sheet cites “multiple elements that lead us to doubt the impartiality, from an objective aspect, of the court”.
In the decision, the Italians cite a dual role assumed by Alexandre de Moraes, one of the members of the First Panel, and victim of the crime attributed to her. Zambelli was convicted of acting to issue a false arrest warrant with the minister.
The new material delivered by Brazil to the Italian Court was prepared by the (Advocacy General of the Union), the National Secretariat of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Asset Recovery and International Legal Cooperation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The full statement is confidential as it is being processed, according to the AGU, “under a confidentiality regime before the competent authorities of the Italian Republic”.
The Court of Appeal, the previous instance, analyzed the two cases about the former deputy together, but produced two different sentences — one at the end of March and the other in mid-April. In both cases, he was in favor of extradition.
In the case of the weapon, she was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison under an initial semi-open regime and the loss of her mandate for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal constraint using a firearm.
The Public Ministry’s accusation was made after the episode in São Paulo, on October 29, 2022, on the eve of the second round of the presidential elections.
On that occasion, the deputy after an argument in the Jardins neighborhood. A security guard at the parliamentarian even fired a shot and was arrested by the Civil Police.
“The possession of a firearm granted to the accused is aimed at her personal defense, which is why the bearer cannot carry the weapon in public places, nor carry it openly, except, of course, if necessary to ensure her own defense or that of third parties”, said Gilmar Mendes, rapporteur of the case, in his vote for conviction.
In June 2025, she fled to Italy and was considered a fugitive from Brazilian justice. at the end of July, in an apartment in the Aurélio neighborhood, in Rome.
Last year, the one done by Brazil, in the case of blogger Oswaldo Eustáquio Filho. In 2024, the . And this year, Argentine authorities granted .
