Brazilian migrants deported from the U.S. under President Donald Trump's administration, board a Brazilian Air Force flight to Belo Horizonte at the Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, January 25, 2025. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees who were flown to the South American country on Friday, with a prominent minister in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government calling the practice "blatant disrespect" for the rights of his fellow citizens.
Federal police, acting under the instructions of Brazilian Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski, met the flight after it made an unexpected landing in the Amazonian city of Manaus due to technical problems, the Brazilian government said in a statement on Saturday.
