Brazil’s federal police have submitted documents to the Supreme Court claiming that former president Jair Bolsonaro planned to flee to Argentina to avoid trial for allegedly plotting a military coup,

MESSAGES found on far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s phone have revealed past plans to flee to Argentina and seek political asylum, federal police have said.Mr Bolsonaro is currently awaiting a Supreme Court ruling about an alleged coup attempt and learned on Wednesday that he might face another case as police formally accused him and one of his sons,