
(FILES) Rio de Janeiro's mayor candidate of the Liberal Party (PL) Alexandre Ramagem gestures before the start of the television debate among Rio de Janeiro mayor candidates at the Projac Globo television network studios in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 3, 2024. US immigration officers on April 13, 2026 detained Brazil's former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem, who fled to the United States after being convicted for his role in a failed coup plot. Brazilian police said in a statement that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had detained "a fugitive from Brazilian justice following his conviction for the crimes of armed criminal association, attempted coup d'etat, and the attempted violent abolition of the rule of law." (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP via Getty Images)




