Messages on former President Jair Bolsonaro's mobile phone indicated he sought to flee to Argentina and request political asylum from Argentinian President Javier Milei. A letter seeking asylum was saved on the phone in February 2024, days after Bolsonaro's passport was seized during an investigation into an alleged coup plot. The asylum request's transmission status is unknown and the Argentinian president's office did not respond. The asylum document formed part of a final police report accusing Bolsonaro and his US-based son Eduardo of interfering in the legal process ahead of Bolsonaro's September 2 trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022. Police recommended charges including coercion in the judicial process and abolition of democratic law, and found recordings suggesting attempts to intimidate authorities and use external influence.
Brazil's federal police said that messages found on the mobile phone of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum from Argentinian President Javier Milei. The police said in a report released on Wednesday that the letter seeking asylum was saved on Bolsonaro's mobile phone in February 2024, just days after the former president's passport was seized amid an investigation of his involvement in an alleged coup plot.
The asylum request document revealed on Wednesday was part of the final police report that formally accused Bolsonaro and his United States-based son, Eduardo, of working to interfere in the ongoing legal process related to the ex-president's forthcoming trial for allegedly plotting a coup. Bolsonaro's trial is expected to start on September 2, in which he faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of plotting to overthrow his democratically elected successor as president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in 2022.
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