If he is in Germany, Eike cannot be extradited.

247 - The site BuzzFeed News On Thursday evening, the 26th, he published that he was at Trump Tower in New York, in an apartment belonging to lawyer Sérgio Bermudes, and stated that Eike Batista is not staying there, as had been reported. newspaper O Dia.

The son of a German woman, Eike has dual citizenship and, if he arrives in the European country, he cannot be extradited to Brazil. The Brazilian government issued an alert to Interpol, which serves as an extradition request for the Brazilian businessman. Eike left Brazil on Tuesday on a flight to New York. According to investigators, he may have used his German passport.

Read an excerpt from the BuzzFeed report:

Upon arriving at the residential area of ​​Trump Tower, BuzzFeed News reporters overheard an employee calling Bermudes' apartment at the request of a Record TV crew.

While the TV journalists were going through a security check, a doorman went up to the apartment to check if the lawyer was home—there was no answer.

Minutes later, back in the lobby, the same doorman said that the Record team had gone up to visit the apartment. Then, the employee who had assisted the BuzzFeed News reporter the first time granted them access.

The apartment was completely empty, except for the three journalists.