Brazil Blocks 1 U.S. Visa as U.S. Withholds 2, Hindering Crime Cooperation
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 12
Brazil Blocks 1 U.S. Visa as U.S. Withholds 2, Hindering Crime Cooperation
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 12
Summary
Brazil has blocked a visa for a U.S. law enforcement official meant to be stationed in the country, widening a diplomatic dispute that is disrupting joint anti-crime work with Washington.
Two Brazilian federal police agents assigned to posts in the United States remain without visas after the State Department withheld them, preventing planned cooperation with Homeland Security Investigations and other U.S. agencies.
A separate Brazilian request for customs and revenue agents to visit the United States for money-laundering and arms-smuggling probes was also declined by the U.S. government, officials said, citing a busy agenda.
The standoff hits a long-running security partnership under which both countries have exchanged investigators for decades, helping dismantle corruption schemes, piracy networks and human-trafficking rings.