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37-Year-Old U.S. Customs Misunderstanding Continues to Hinder the Science of Keppe and Pacheco from Benefitting the People

Wednesday 17 December, 2025

London, Dec. 17, 2025 – Dr. Norberto da Rocha Keppe (Austrian/Brazilian) and Dr. Claudia Bernhardt de Souza Pacheco (Italian/Brazilian), two internationally recognized scientists whose work spans psychoanalysis, education, and innovative physics, continue to face significant barriers to the worldwide dissemination of their work due to an active U.S. arrest warrant stemming from a misunderstanding at JFK Airport in New York back in 1988. The scientists spent 3½ days in prison before receiving a hearing, where, despite no concrete evidence against them for the accusation of customs violations, Department of Justice prosecutors convinced the judge to impose punishingly high bail amounts, house arrest and electronic bracelets. Keppe and Pacheco fled to France in response to this unjust and excessive treatment, triggering the arrest warrant, a mere technicality hanging over a 37-year-old case (the U.S. Government vs. Keppe and Pacheco), which the Department of Justice itself has admitted they have no intention of investigating further.


The work of Dr. Keppe (now 98) and Dr. Pacheco (77), which has been substantially impeded by this residual arrest warrant, is highly relevant to contemporary global challenges:












Final Conflict Resolution between U.S. Government and Keppe and Pacheco


The Inter-American Commission of the Lusophone Association for Human Rights, representing professors, psychoanalysts, scientists, researchers, students, and clients of the Keppe and Pacheco Association, together with its attorneys, supporters, and colleagues, is calling on the U.S. Government to remove the arrest warrants for the two scientists, who have been proven innocent, so the science of the Analytical Trilogy may reach more people worldwide with effective and urgently needed solutions.


THE UNITED STATES V. KEPPE & PACHECO CASE, IN THE LEGAL ACTION PENDING AT THE U.S. FEDERAL COURT OF NEW YORK, DOCKET NO. 88-682M



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