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Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US

a man speaks into a microphone as other people stand near him
Alexandre Ramagem, right, with Jair Bolsonaro during the launch of his pre-candidacy for the Rio de Janeiro mayoral elections on 16 March 2024. Photograph: Pablo Porciúncula/AFP via Getty Images

When Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serving their sentences – except for one.

Days before the verdict, Alexandre Ramagem, Bolsonaro’s former spy chief, fled by car to Guyana and boarded a flight to the United States, where he has remained ever since.

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