A supreme court judge gave ex-president Jair Bolsonaro 48 hours to explain federal police claims he planned to flee to Argentina to avoid punishment after allegedly masterminding a failed coup following the 2022 election. Court documents show investigators found a draft asylum request on Bolsonaro's mobile phone addressed to Argentina's president Javier Milei, in which Bolsonaro claimed imminent arrest for political motives and requested urgent sanctuary. An Argentinian source said Milei's office had not received a letter. Justice Alexandre de Moraes demanded answers from Bolsonaro's lawyers after the document was released in a 170-page police report.
A supreme court judge has given Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, 48 hours to explain police claims he was planning to flee to Argentina to avoid punishment for allegedly masterminding a failed coup after losing the 2022 election. Bolsonaro's trial for the alleged attempt to seize power is scheduled to conclude early next month. The far-right populist faces more than four decades in prison if found guilty.
Court documents made public on Wednesday night showed federal police investigators had found a draft asylum request on the ex-president's mobile phone addressed to Argentina's rightwing president, Javier Milei. In the undated and unsigned document, Bolsonaro claimed he was facing imminent arrest for political motives and needed urgent sanctuary overseas. An Argentinian government source told the Reuters news agency that Milei's office had not received a letter. But Brazilian police claimed the document indicated Bolsonaro had planned to flee the country,
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