The police said they found a request for asylum, addressed to Argentina’s leader, on the phone of the Brazilian ex-president, who is accused of plotting a coup.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is under house arrest, awaiting trial next month on charges that he plotted to stay in power after losing the 2022 election.
President Trump compared crime in Washington to violence in Latin American capitals. Mexico City’s mayor said “many parts of the world would like to have” her city’s safety.
Mayor Clara Brugada of Mexico City, center, with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, right, during an event in January in Mexico City focused on a gun-buyback program.
With President Trump on their side, U.S. technology companies now have more leverage in Brazil, where they seek to influence new rules policing their platforms.
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