Overview

• On September 19, senators Flávio Bolsonaro, Damares Alves, Eduardo Girão and Magno Malta, along with deputy Cabo Gilberto, visited Carla Zambelli at the Rebibbia women’s prison in Rome.
• The delegation was accompanied by her lawyers, including Fábio Pagnozzi, with Italian authorities authorizing the prison visit.
• Zambelli’s supporters framed the meeting as solidarity, and her attorney said the lawmakers paid for their travel privately with authorization from Brazil’s Senate.
• Zambelli was arrested in Rome on July 29 after a Brazilian Supreme Court conviction for invading the CNJ system and inserting false documents that underpins Brasília’s extradition request.
• Following an August medical review, Italian judges decided on August 28 to keep her in custody during the extradition process after rejecting a defense request for release pending the case.