STF Orders Preventive Arrest as Ramagem Reunites With Family in Miami

Overview

• Rebeca Ramagem posted video of the family meeting the deputy at a Miami airport, saying the move was to protect their daughters and alleging political persecution and lawfare.
• Alexandre Ramagem said in an online interview that he is safe in the United States with the consent of the U.S. government, a claim offered without corroborating details.
• Minister Alexandre de Moraes decreed Ramagem’s preventive detention after confidential submissions by the Federal Police and the Prosecutor General’s Office and following a PSOL request.
• Investigators are tracking a possible route from Boa Vista by car across the border into Venezuela or Guyana before onward travel to the United States.
• The Chamber of Deputies said it was not informed of his departure, noting he filed medical certificates for set periods even as records show he took part in some activities remotely.