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Alexandre Ramagem, who fled Brazil in \u200cSeptember following his conviction for plotting a coup, was detained by ICE in Florida on Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 16 Apr 2026<\/span>16 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem has been freed \u2060from immigration detention in the United States, where he had fled after being convicted in connection with a coup plot in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n Paulo \u2060Figueiredo, a far-right Brazilian commentator \u2060based in the US, announced Ramagem\u2019s release in a post on X on Wednesday.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cAlexandre Ramagem is free,\u201d \u2060Figueiredo wrote.<\/p>\n A source from Brazil\u2019s federal police also confirmed his release, according to the\u00a0Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n As of Wednesday, Ramagem was also no longer \u2060listed among people detained by ICE on its \u2060website. There was no immediate comment from ICE.<\/p>\n Ramagem, also a former lawmaker, was sentenced in September to 16 years in prison for his role in the coup attempt by supporters of Bolsonaro in 2023. Brazil\u2019s federal police said he fled the South American nation before he was due to begin serving his sentence.<\/p>\n Reports state that\u00a0Ramagem fled Brazil by illegally crossing the border into Guyana before taking a plane to the US.<\/p>\n Ramagem was stripped of his seat in Brazil\u2019s Congress in December as a consequence of his conviction in the coup case one month earlier.<\/p>\n The Brazilian government has sought the extradition of Ramagem.<\/p>\n The Brazilian outlet Globo reported that the Brazilian embassy in Washington, DC, filed documentation with the US Department of State seeking his extradition on December 30, 2025.<\/p>\n Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that he has asked the US to send Ramagem back to Brazil so that he can serve his prison sentence. He also attributed Ramagem\u2019s arrest to his conviction in Brazil.<\/p>\n But Figueiredo, the Brazilian commentator, said Ramagem\u2019s detention in the US state of Florida on Monday was not related to Brazil\u2019s extradition request.<\/p>\n \u201cRamagem was not arrested, but detained following a police approach in Orlando, initially for a minor traffic infraction and, subsequently, referred to ICE \u2013 a common procedure in Florida,\u201d Figueiredo said in a social media post on Monday.<\/p>\n He added that Ramagem has a pending asylum application.<\/p>\n Bolsonaro himself is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted in September.<\/p>\n His trial was depicted by Bolsonaro\u2019s allies as a political witch-hunt, and sparked the ire of US President\u00a0Donald Trump, who placed large tariffs on Brazil and called for the trial to be thrown out. Trump later relaxed some of those tariffs following improved relations with President Lula.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Alexandre Ramagem, who fled Brazil in \u200cSeptember following his conviction for plotting a coup, was detained by ICE in Florida on Monday. 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