Damião is planning to return to Brazil aboard a private aircraft.
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The mayor of Belo Horizonte, Álvaro Damião, along with several other Brazilian officials, is making a rapid return to the homeland. This crew, including the city's Secretary of Public Security, Márcio Lobato, is expected to touchdown in Brazil on a private jet.According to Damião, the journey's architect is Federal Deputy Mersinho Lucena, who's already in Saudi Arabia, waiting for the group's arrival. The aircraft accommodates only ten passengers, but they've managed to squeeze in nine.
Besides city slickers from Minas Gerais and Paraíba’s representatives, passengers include Francisco Nélio, treasurer of the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM); Welberth Porto, mayor of Macaé (RJ); Cláudia da Silva, vice-mayor of Goiânia (GO); Johnny Maycon, mayor of Nova Friburgo (RJ); and Francisco Vagner, Secretary of Planning of Natal (RN). The aircraft's destination is João Pessoa.
Three other team members struggled to get home via land from Israel to Jordan. These trip-takers include Rio de Janeiro city councilor Flávio Guimarães, the executive chief of the Rio de Janeiro Center for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Public Security Technology (Civitas), Davi de Matos, and the Secretary of Public Security of Niterói, Gilson Chagas. They're set to return on a commercial flight, with a pitstop in Qatar, back to Rio de Janeiro's capital.
This flurry of travel arrangements has Minas Gerais Senator Carlos Viana, leader of the Brazil-Israel Parliamentary Group, commenting on the six-hour desert trek needed to reach Saudi Arabia.
But wait, what about the Brazilian activist, Thiago Avila, reportedly detained after participating in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla nabbed by the Israeli Navy? Reports are mum on a Brazilian government-run mission to retrieve him or other activists.
In a more general context, recent reports do not point to any Brazilian officials (or citizens) being stranded in Israel due to its recent closure of civilian airspace. Instead, news reminds us about the Israeli government's ongoing relief efforts for around tens of thousands of Israeli citizens stranded overseas, following Israel's airspace shutdown post-military strikes on Iran[2]. The rescue flights for these operations are run by Israeli airlines like El Al and Arkia[2].
- Engaging in a unique mix of lifestyle and travel, a group of Brazilian officials, including the mayor of Belo Horizonte, are traveling back home from Saudi Arabia on a private jet, showcasing the extensive network of political relationships.
- The flurry of travel arrangements includes ministers and mayors, while the situation of the detained Brazilian activist, Thiago Avila, remains unclear in the ongoing global drama of general-news and politics.
