> The use of handcuffs on migrants is considered controversial in Brazil. Even former conservative Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump supporter, has called for an end to the practice.
For those not reading the article.
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Things went bad here today, after the government saw the deportees coming handcuffed, and also handcuffed at the legs…
They were supposed to go to Belo Horizonte, but the airplane had faulty ACs, the deportees started to complain, things went crazier. They stopped multiple times, and finally, in Manaus, and then Brazil itself moved them to Belo Horizonte.
They opened the plane’s emergency exit and climbed onto the wing of the plane asking the Brazilian police for help….
Edit: **Supposedly one of the agents said to the deportees: “To hell with your government. If we want, we can close the aircraft door, get us off and kill you.”**
> Carlos Vinícius Jesus, 29, stated that the agents wanted to kill them. “We rebelled against them because they were going to kill us. The plane stopped three times—in Louisiana, Panama, and Manaus. We were the ones who stopped the plane; otherwise, everything would have crashed,” he told the press in Confins.
> Vitor Gustavo da Silva, 21, claimed they were assaulted due to the heat. The aircraft’s air conditioning had a technical issue. “They hit us because we were hot and didn’t want to stay locked in the plane any longer.”
> Sandra Souza, 36, described the return flight as “hell.” “It was hell, torture. From the moment we left Louisiana, you could tell the plane had some issue. Even so, they pressed on. I think it was a lack of responsibility on their part.”
The Minister of Human Rights went to the location, along with the Federal Police, Itamaraty (equivalent to DoS), Justice Minister, etc.
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> The use of handcuffs on migrants is considered controversial in Brazil. Even former conservative Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump supporter, has called for an end to the practice.
For those not reading the article.
Things went bad here today, after the government saw the deportees coming handcuffed, and also handcuffed at the legs…
There’s some deportees that came who reportedly were attacked during the flight by ICE. Here the pictures:
https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2025/01/25/deportados-eua.htm
They were supposed to go to Belo Horizonte, but the airplane had faulty ACs, the deportees started to complain, things went crazier. They stopped multiple times, and finally, in Manaus, and then Brazil itself moved them to Belo Horizonte.
They opened the plane’s emergency exit and climbed onto the wing of the plane asking the Brazilian police for help….
Edit: **Supposedly one of the agents said to the deportees: “To hell with your government. If we want, we can close the aircraft door, get us off and kill you.”**
> Carlos Vinícius Jesus, 29, stated that the agents wanted to kill them. “We rebelled against them because they were going to kill us. The plane stopped three times—in Louisiana, Panama, and Manaus. We were the ones who stopped the plane; otherwise, everything would have crashed,” he told the press in Confins.
> Vitor Gustavo da Silva, 21, claimed they were assaulted due to the heat. The aircraft’s air conditioning had a technical issue. “They hit us because we were hot and didn’t want to stay locked in the plane any longer.”
> Sandra Souza, 36, described the return flight as “hell.” “It was hell, torture. From the moment we left Louisiana, you could tell the plane had some issue. Even so, they pressed on. I think it was a lack of responsibility on their part.”
The Minister of Human Rights went to the location, along with the Federal Police, Itamaraty (equivalent to DoS), Justice Minister, etc.
https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/itamaraty-nota-brasileiros-deportados/
Itamaraty is going to ask for explanations to the U.S, on what Brazil called, “degradante” (degrading or so). Can’t see how this will end well.
!ping LATAM