US EditionBrazilian Police Say Ex-President Bolsonaro Had Planned to Flee to Argentina Seeking Asylum
Federal police report reveals Bolsonaro drafted an asylum request to Argentina amid multiple legal challenges, including a pending Supreme Court ruling and obstruction accusations.
- Brazilian federal police investigators disclosed that Jair Messias Bolsonaro possessed a draft request for political asylum, and related documents appeared in an investigation sent to Brazil's Supreme Court.
- Facing mounting legal pressure, Bolsonaro is standing trial for an alleged coup attempt and awaits a Brazil's Supreme Court ruling next month, with police accusing him and one of his sons of obstruction.
- Messages on Bolsonaro's phone show he sought to flee to Argentina, he reportedly spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy in Brasília on Feb. 12, and saved documents after searches of his home and office.
- Investigators seized Bolsonaro's passport despite no formal obstruction charge, and they said his breaches sought to target Brazilian democratic institutions including the Supreme Court and Congress.
- In a 33-page letter to President Javier Milei of Argentina, Jair Messias Bolsonaro claimed political persecution in Brazil, while evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia was also targeted by police.
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On Brazil's ex-president's cell phone, investigators found a letter to Javier Milei asking the Argentine president for asylum.
·Germany
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In 2024, the former Head of State wrote a letter to Argentine President Javier Milei, claiming that he was politically persecuted, a few days after an investigation was launched against him for attempted coup d'état. Moreover, the police requested that he and his son be charged for attempting to obstruct the prosecution.
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LVZ - Leipziger VolkszeitungBrazilian ex-president Bolsonaro is on trial for an alleged coup attempt - he himself speaks of political persecution. Now the police accuse him of planning an escape to Argentina.
·Hamburg, Germany
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