PF tries to find out who visited Bolsonaro during ‘refuge’ at the Hungarian Embassy

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247 – The Federal Police (PF) is investigating visits received by Jair Bolsonaro (PL) during the period in which he took refuge at the Hungarian Embassy in Brasília, in February. The suspicion is that Bolsonaro may have used diplomatic representation to meet with allies, with whom he is prohibited from maintaining contact by order of Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister Alexandre de Moraes, reports Igor Gadelha, from Metrópoles.

Bolsonaro’s stay at the Hungarian embassy came to light after a report by The New York Times, which had access to videos from the security system of the diplomatic representation in Brazil. According to the newspaper, Bolsonaro arrived at the embassy on the night of February 12th, Carnival Monday, and stayed until February 14th.

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During his stay at the embassy, ​​Bolsonaro received at least one visit there, on the night of February 13, Carnival Tuesday. The visitor, whose identity has not yet been revealed, arrived in the back seat of Bolsonaro’s car carrying a backpack and left the place 38 minutes later, also carrying a backpack. To date, Bolsonaro and his advisors have not responded to requests for clarification about these visits. Bolsonaro’s stay at the embassy occurred days after the PF seized his passport in an investigation investigating an alleged coup plot.

According to international law, embassies are considered inviolable and are under the jurisdiction of the countries to which they belong, which means that even with a possible arrest order from the STF, Bolsonaro could not be detained inside the embassy without the authorization of the authorities of the Hungary. Bolsonaro maintains a close relationship with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and both met in December at Javier Milei’s inauguration in Buenos Aires.

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After the visit to the Hungarian embassy was publicized, parliamentarians began asking the STF to order Bolsonaro’s preventive detention. Alexandre de Moraes gave a deadline – which ends this Wednesday (27) – of 48 hours for the former president to explain the visit to the diplomatic representation.