From Luciane Magalhaes
SAO Paulo (Reuters) – Brazilian officials have requested that US agents remove foxes from the deported group who flew to the South American country on Friday, with a prominent minister in President Luiz Inacio Lula to Silva, calling the practice of “sharp non -compliance with” the rights of his fellow citizens.
Federal police, acting according to the instructions of the Brazilian Justice Minister Ricard Lewandowski, met with flight after making an unexpected landing in the Amazon city of Manus due to technical problems, the Brazilian government said in a statement on Saturday.
The plane, which carried 88 Brazilian passengers, 16 US security agents and eight crew members, was originally due to arrive at Belo horizons in the southeast state of Minas Gerais, the statement said.
The foxes were removed from the passengers after the intervention of the Brazilian police, the government said.
After being informed of the incident, Lula ordered the passengers to fly on the aircraft aircraft to their final destination, ensuring that they could complete their journey with “dignity and security”, according to the Brazilian statement of the Ministry of Justice.
The flight was the second year from the USA that carried unproven migrants who were deported back to Brazil on Monday, and the first of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Federal Police.
Trump’s administration has taken a strong immigration action, and the Republican president has promised to use mass deportations to eliminate unfathomrated migrants in the United States
The use of foxes and other restrictions on migrants deported on USA flights from the USA Brazil have encouraged controversy in the South American nation. Conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, Trump’s ally, also invited to stop the practice.
The officials of the American Ministry of Homeland Security and US immigration and customs execution did not immediately respond to the commentary requests.
