Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira formally expressed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government's concerns about possible U.S. military intervention in a document submitted to Congress. Photo by /Gianna Benalcázar Manzano/EPA
July 7 (UPI) -- Brazil's government warned of a potential U.S. military intervention on its territory after President Donald Trump's administration unilaterally designated the Brazilian criminal organizations Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, and Comando Vermelho, or CV, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira formally expressed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government's concerns in a document submitted to Congress.
According to Brazilian news outlets G1 and Fato Paulista, Vieira warned that the U.S. State Department's designation creates "concrete risks to national sovereignty" because U.S. counterterrorism laws allow the use of military force abroad to neutralize terrorist threats.
"Moreover, such authority may be exercised with broad discretion because of the scope of the terms adopted in that country's counterterrorism legislation, with serious financial, immigration and criminal consequences for Brazilian citizens," Vieira wrote.
