"It's a purely sovereign decision for which no legal justification is required." Martinelli was extradited from the United States back to Panama in 2018, three years after Panama's Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for him. Three U.S. sources said Bolsonaro had almost certainly entered on an A-1 visa, which are reserved for heads of state, diplomats and other government officials.
Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters.
- Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida as about 1,000 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after stormed government buildings in the capital over the weekend, drawing international condemnation.
The attack on state institutions in Brazil on Sunday will not delay the first actions planned by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's economic team, expected to be announced this week, Lula's chief of staff said late on Monday.