Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly leaves Brazil after election defeat
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Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly left Brazil with his family after losing Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and failing to surrender his passports under a Supreme Court order.
Brazilian outlets Folha de S.Paulo and Metrópoles, citing people close to Bolsonaro, reported that he was traveling to the United States. Reuters reported that Bolsonaro and his family boarded a flight bound for Ecuador, according to Argentine authorities. Other reports said he crossed into Argentina before continuing his journey, but his route and exact whereabouts were not independently confirmed.
A senior U.S. administration official said the State Department would issue visas to Bolsonaro, his wife and their daughters, allowing them to enter the United States.
Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country amid investigations that include allegations of money laundering and tax evasion, which he denies. Brazilian media reported that he missed the deadline, while police said his passports had been canceled and that there was no official record of his departure through a regular Brazilian immigration checkpoint.
Before disappearing from public view, Bolsonaro said in a video that he had never considered leaving Brazil and would comply with the passport order. His Liberal Party recognized Lula’s victory, but Bolsonaro had not conceded. Lula criticized the reported departure, telling supporters that those with nothing to hide had nothing to fear.
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