The White House confirms that it carried out and organized the operation that removed Senator Flavio Bolsonaro from Brazilian territory, following suspicions that Alexander de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) planned to arrest the presidential candidate. US government officials say it was a "much easier" operation than the rescue of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela and "undetectable" by Brazilian intelligence.

The White House confirms that it carried out and organized the operation that removed Senator Flavio Bolsonaro from Brazilian territory, following suspicions that Alexander de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) planned to arrest the presidential candidate. US government officials say it was a "much easier" operation than the rescue of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela and "undetectable" by Brazilian intelligence.