An Argentine judge ordered the arrest of 61 people sought by Brazil for alleged involvement in the ransacking of its capital early last year, according to a local newspaper, just as the presidents of both countries head for a potentially awkward encounter at the G-20 summit.

Argentina's courts on Friday ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilian nationals in Argentina facing jail sentences for their involvement in a January 2023 riot, which saw supporters of Brazil's former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro storming Congress in an attempted to overthrow of the new left-wing government led by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,

Many Bolsanaro supporters are believed to have fled to Argentina following prosecutions for the Brasilia riots