<h1>Former president drafted an asylum request, hid evidence and tried to influence foreign leaders while accused of obstruction of justice</h1> Federal police report that a former president drafted a request for political asylum from a neighboring country's president and saved it shortly after authorities searched his home and office; investigators recovered messaging and voice exchanges showing efforts to evade arrest, a stay at a foreign embassy, and alleged breaches of house-arrest measures. Prosecutors forwarded a 170-page file to the Supreme Court and formally accused the ex-president and one of his sons of obstruction of justice; an allied pastor had his passport seized but was not charged. Messages also reveal attempts to influence a foreign head of state and the U.S. president regarding domestic legal proceedings.