Federal Police appoints delegate to post of civil servant expelled from the USA

The Federal Police appointed delegate Tatiana Alves Torres to the role of liaison officer at the United States immigration service, ICE, replacing delegate Marcelo Ivo. The change at the post took place through an ordinance signed by general delegate Andrei Rodrigues on Friday, 17th, and published on Monday, 20th, in the Official Gazette of the Union.

On the same Monday, the United States government announced the expulsion of Marcelo Ivo, alleging that the Brazilian had tried to “manipulate” the American immigration system, “circumventing formal extradition requests” and “extending political persecutions to United States territory”.

Last week, former federal deputy Alexandre Ramagem, convicted by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) of an attempted coup d’état, was detained by ICE and released two days later.

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The former director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) fled to the USA in September last year and is considered a fugitive by the courts, being the target of an extradition request.

After the expulsion of Marcelo Ivo, the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), spoke of “abuse” and stated that he could act with “reciprocity” against the United States.

“If there was American abuse towards our police officer, we will do reciprocity with his in Brazil,” Lula told reporters outside a hotel in Hannover, Germany, this Tuesday.