Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former aides suspected of plotting a coup, Bolsonaro’s lawyer said on Monday. , informs Reuters.

Bolsonaro’s February 12-14 stay at the Hungarian embassy was first reported by the New York Times based on images from surveillance cameras inside the embassy, ​​Agerpres cites.

The episode casts doubt on the plans of the former president, who has been the subject of several criminal investigations in Brazil that have already sent several members of his inner circle to prison.

Brazilian police failed to arrest the politician who was in a foreign embassy, ​​Reuters notes.

Bolsonaro’s lawyer, Fabio Weingarten, said on social media that the former president spent two days at the Hungarian embassy to “maintain contacts with officials of a friendly country” and “receive updated information on the political landscape of both nations.”

“Any other interpretations that go beyond the information provided here are clearly made up, unrelated to the reality of the facts and are, in fact, another piece of fake news,” Weingarten wrote, according to Agerpres.