Who are the Bolsonarians who actually tried to flee to the United States of America? Three were convicted

deputy Alexander Ramajim (PL-RJ) His arrest was ordered on Friday the 21st by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The decision was prompted by the discovery that Ramajim had left Brazil, despite having been sentenced to more than 16 years and one month in prison for his involvement in the coup plot. will be in US.

Other people linked to the Bolsonarianism also left the country on their way to the United States amid problems with them justice Brazilian like MPs Carla Zambelli Eduardo Bolsonaro and blogger Alan Dos Santos. Next to them is the Bolsonarian blogger Paulo Figueiredowho has yet to be tried for the coup, is also in the United States. However, Figueiredo had already lived there for about ten years. Discover the cases below.

Alexander Ramajim

The newest Bolsonari on the list, Alexandre Ramajem (PL-RJ) Moraes ordered his arrest. Former director general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABI) and representative elected in 2022, Ramajim has been in the United States since September of this year.

In the procedure governing the coup plot, Ramajim was convicted of three crimes: violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup, and criminal organization. He has always denied any connection to the coup plot.

The arrest warrant for Ramajim – whose passport was confiscated and he was banned from leaving the country, penalties applied during the coup trial – followed a request from the federal police and a statement from the prosecutor’s office. Moraes must request that the parliamentarian’s name be included in Interpol’s red broadcast.

Eduardo Bolsonaro

Representative Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, He has been living in the United States since MarchWhen he took a leave of absence from his term. In September, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PGR) convicted him. On charges of coercion in the investigation she conducted with the American authorities To put pressure on the trial that convicted his father of attempting a coup.

Eduardo stated that because of his statements, Donald Trump’s government implemented 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports to the United States and imposed sanctions on Moraes under the Magnitsky Act.

The parliamentarian became a defendant by decision of the First Committee of the Specialized Technical Committee. Although the four ministers in the First Committee (Carmen Lucía, Flavio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Alexandre de Moraes) have already voted to receive the complaint, the analysis will continue until November 25, when they can still change their vote, request a reconsideration, or take the issue to the plenary session.

Although the license period has expired, the chamber has not canceled the mandate of Eduardo Bolsonaro.

Carla Zambelli

Currently imprisoned in Italy and In the process of delivery to BrazilRep. Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) said she spent a few days in the United States before going to the European country. The Federal Police also discovered that the MP had passed through Argentina while trying to escape from Brazilian justice. She went to Italy thinking that she would not be arrested because she had Italian citizenship.

Zambelli has already been convicted in two different cases. In May this year, Moraes was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the invasion of the electronic system of the National Council of Justice (CNJ), which occurred in 2023, for which she was allegedly the intellectual writer. The goal of the invasion was to issue a false arrest warrant against Moraes.

In August, the STF plenary session, by a vote of nine to two, sentenced her to five years and three months in prison. For the crimes of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearmThis was against the backdrop of the MP chasing a journalist in the street on the eve of the second round of the 2022 elections.

Alan Dos Santos

A preventive arrest warrant was issued for the Bolsonarian blogger, owner of the Terça Livre channel, in 2021, in the fake news investigation, led by Moraes, which investigated the existence of a criminal organization specialized in spreading fake news. He was also investigated in the case of forming so-called “digital militias.” Alan dos Santos has been living in the United States since his pretrial detention was ordered.

The blogger was also sentenced to one year and seven months in prison for slander, defamation and insult against director Estella Renner.. In 2017, Santos stated that Renner “put marijuana in young people’s mouths.” The conviction took place in the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice, and the Sixth Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice refused to analyze the merits of the case.