Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Brazilian police say Jair Bolsonaro planned to seek political asylum in Argentina ahead of his trial over an alleged coup plot, according to a document found on the former president’s mobile phone. The undated draft asylum request, discovered on a device seized during investigations, was addressed to Argentina’s President Javier Milei and claimed Bolsonaro had been the victim of political persecution and feared for his life, according to a report filed by federal police investigators to Brazil’s supreme court. Police did not say whether the request was actually submitted to Argentina’s government. Bolsonaro is facing the possibility of more than 40 years in prison if found guilty of conspiracy to overturn the result of the 2022 presidential election, which he lost to leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The far-right former leader denies the charges.” (08/21/25)