Brazilian and U.S. officials agreed on Wednesday to discuss regularly how Washington will deport migrants from Brazil, as some leaders in Latin America have balked at what they see as poor treatment of their citizens on repatriation flights.
The flight, originally destined for the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte, encountered a technical issue forcing it to land in Manaus.
Brazil's foreign ministry said it summoned a senior U.S. diplomat on Monday to discuss the deportation of Brazilian migrants, part of a push to seek mutually acceptable terms for the controversial repatriations.
Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to seek explanations from the U.S. government over the "degrading treatment" of Brazilians on a deportation flight, the ministry wrote on X on Saturday night.
The deportees arrived at Manaus Airport in Amazonas, where the Brazilian Federal Police discovered that they had been transported in handcuffs and chains.
Brazil's government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a "flagrant disregard" for their rights. Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski told President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of "the flagrant disregard for the fundamental rights of Brazilian citizens,
Brazil has reacted with outrage after 88 of its nationals arrived in their homeland handcuffed following their deportation from the United States. Brazil blasted Washington over its “degrading treatment” of the passengers and its “flagrant disregard” for their rights,
Brazil's government expressed outrage after dozens of immigrants deported from the US arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a "flagrant disregard" for their rights.
The use of handcuffs and other restraints on migrants being deported on flights from the U.S. to Brazil has stirred controversy in the South American nation. Conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, also called for a halt to the practice.
It’s the latest diplomatic dispute between a Latin American country and the Trump administration over the treatment of migrants during repatriation flights.
"There was sexual violence, there was torture, there was cruelty, which are very explicit signs of hatred, misogyny, and xenophobia,” said a representative of the Ministry for Women.