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

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Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in Brazil

When https://www.theguardian.com/world/brazil">Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup">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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