Brazil will not use its air force planes to assist with the deportation of Brazilian migrants in the United States, the South American country's top diplomat said on Tuesday, just days after a major flare up in neighboring Colombia over the issue.

The use of handcuffs and other restraints on migrants being deported on flights from the U.S. to Brazil has stirred controversy in the South American nation. Conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, also called for a halt to the practice.

In a recent statement, Brazil made it clear that it will not allow its air force planes to be used for deporting Brazilian migrants from the United States. This decision comes after a series of diplomatic discussions and public outrage over the treatment of migrants being deported.

One of the deportees, Edgar Da Silva Moura, 31, a computer technician, described the experience: “On the plane, they didn’t give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn’t even let us go to the bathroom. It was very hot, some people fainted.”

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - 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.