Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US
by Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#74XG6)
Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in Brazil
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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