Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to seek explanations from the U.S. government over the "degrading treatment" of Brazilians on a deportation flight, the ministry wrote on X on Saturday night.

Minister Mauro Vieira follows the case, seeking to ensure respect for citizens' rights during deportation flight

Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands clarification from the U.S. over the alleged poor treatment of Brazilian deportees on a recent flight. Upon arrival, passengers reported mistreatment and were initially handcuffed.

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.