US asks Brazil's security attache to leave country

BRASILIA, April 20 (Reuters) - ‌The U.S. ​government ​has asked Brazilian security attache Marcelo Ivo de Carvalho to leave ‌the United States, the U.S. Embassy in ⁠the South American country said on Monday.

De Carvalho, ‌who acts as a ‌liaison with U.S. immigration enforcement, has been based in Miami.

The move comes after ​ICE last week briefly detained Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem, who fled Brazil ⁠in September following his conviction for plotting a coup with ​ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, a political ally of Donald Trump.

"No foreigner gets to ​game our immigration system ‌to both circumvent formal extradition requests and extend political witch hunts ⁠into U.S. territory," the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said on X, ⁠adding "the relevant Brazilian official" was asked to depart.

The message, ​which was reposted by the U.S. embassy in Brazil, did not name the official or explicitly ‌mention Ramagem's case. The embassy later confirmed to Reuters it referred ‌to de Carvalho.

Brazil's foreign ministry and federal ⁠police did not ‌immediately respond to ​requests for comment.

(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu in Brasilia, Editing by Daina Beth ‌Solomon)

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