The use of handcuffs on Brazilian citizens deported from the US created an impasse between the government of Jair Bolsonaro and that of the American Joe Biden.
Since the end of last year, Itamaraty has been making appeals to stop the practice and improve the treatment given to people sent back to Brazil, but it has been ignored.
A few months ago, minors also began to be deported by the US.
According to statements obtained by Folha, men and women were handcuffed in front of their children on a flight that arrived in Brazil on January 26. Some passengers claimed to have been mistreated.
Although the request to abolish the use of handcuffs applies to all deportees, according to people involved in these operations, there was an understanding that family members, in particular, would not go through this situation.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon