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Fugitive ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ reveals how Brazilian officials helped him flee ‘idiot’ US cops in stunning diplomatic breach
NY Post ^ | Sept. 2, 2026

Posted on 09/02/2026 10:54:49 AM PDT by deplorableindc

WASHINGTON — A shady plastic surgeon nicknamed “Dr. Frankenstein” confessed to escaping from Florida with help from his “friends” in Brazil’s Miami consulate to avoid trial for allegedly butchering and stealing from patients — an explosive admission that threatens to unravel diplomatic relations.

Joao Araujo, 57, insists he had little choice but to take a boat to the Bahamas on Aug. 1 and then fly to Rio de Janeiro, claiming he was the victim of political persecution by the Trump administration due to his personal clash with a State Department envoy and the fact that his wife, the Jeffrey Epstein-connected former model Amanda Ungaro, purports to know secret information about first lady Melania Trump.

Araujo, however, was being prosecuted by a Democrat-led state attorney’s office and his former patients said he disfigured them with botched liposuction, fillers and laser treatments. Brazil’s constitution restricts the extradition of native-born citizens, meaning Araujo is unlikely to return to stand trial.

“Any idiot knows how to leave the United States. I had all the support of the Brazilian consulate,” Araujo bragged to “The Bad Decisions Podcast” host Scott Michael Nathan, who published part of an interview he conducted with the fugitive on Saturday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brazil; joaoaraujo; paolozampolli

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1 posted on 09/02/2026 10:54:49 AM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Embargo all Brazil Nuts.........


2 posted on 09/02/2026 10:59:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: deplorableindc

Brazile may become the next target to experience just how powerful the U.S. military really is.


3 posted on 09/02/2026 11:00:19 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: deplorableindc

We can hurt him in other ways.


4 posted on 09/02/2026 11:02:43 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Red Badger

Rename them American Nuts. :)


5 posted on 09/02/2026 11:03:05 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Nah - Deez 🥜


6 posted on 09/02/2026 11:07:22 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Red Badger

Embargo all Brazil Nuts....


Whatever you do, don’t refer to them by what they were called years ago!


7 posted on 09/02/2026 11:17:30 AM PDT by hanamizu
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Would it be legal to kidnap this DR in Brazil and hand him over to authorities in the US for a reward?


8 posted on 09/02/2026 11:30:26 AM PDT by DHerion
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To: deplorableindc

That’s “Fronkensteen”.


9 posted on 09/02/2026 11:32:56 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: hanamizu

Brazil Toes


10 posted on 09/02/2026 11:41:54 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: deplorableindc

Nazi war criminals fleeing the noose must have taught Brazil how to do this.


11 posted on 09/02/2026 1:02:56 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: hanamizu
Whatever you do, don’t refer to them by what they were called years ago!

My father, who was born in 1913, says that's what they USED to call them. He said that in the 1960's.

12 posted on 09/02/2026 1:41:04 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: deplorableindc

The victims should sue Brazil and its embassy as co conspirators in fraud and seek a waiver of dipolmatic immunity based on their assistance to the suspect in fleeing the country. Worth a try.


13 posted on 09/02/2026 2:00:36 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

“The victims should sue Brazil and its embassy as co conspirators in fraud and seek a waiver of dipolmatic immunity based on their assistance to the suspect in fleeing the country. Worth a try.”
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Not even worth the effort. The Brazil embassy and the diplomats stationed there are exactly the people “not under the jurisdiction of the United States” mentioned in the 14th Amendment. That means diplomatic immunity.


14 posted on 09/02/2026 7:57:29 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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