Itamaraty outraged by US' handcuffing of Brazilian deportees

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Brazil's Foreign Ministry expressed its outrage after the US Government placed handcuffs on every member of a batch of 88 irregular migrants who were to be flown back to their country last Friday. Given this “degrading treatment,” it was announced at the Itammaraty Palace, the headquarters of South America's largest country's diplomacy, that the Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was to remain attentive to the issue. Read full article

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The report does not comment on he only salient fact about the “88 irregular migrants” (aka illegal immigrants). Are they violent offenders and gang members likely to be a risk during flight, or are they merely docile peasants unlucky to be rounded up? According to the NYT, “The government has repeatedly asked the U.S. government to shackle deportees only if they pose a threat, including in a 2022 call between Brazil’s foreign minister and then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to a summary of Brazilian efforts detailed in a 2022 government document.” They (the NYT), nor other outlets I can find answer the question if all, some or none of the 88 posed a threat.
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