Brazil investigates whether Flávio Bolsonaro left the country via Argentina after his defeat
Brazil’s Federal Police are checking with Argentine authorities whether Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff, left the country across the Argentine border, after he failed to hand over his passports within the deadline set by the Supreme Federal Court. His campaign and the Argentine government deny that he has left Brazil.
Brazil’s Federal Police are investigating whether Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defeated in the recent presidential runoff, left the country via Argentina after failing to hand over his passports as ordered by the Supreme Federal Court. Argentine newspaper Infobae reported that Bolsonaro entered Argentina at Puerto Iguazú around 2 a.m. on Monday using his national identity card, and was reportedly planning to continue to the United States on a private plane.
However, both Bolsonaro’s campaign and the Argentine government deny that he has left the country. The Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports within 24 hours and barred him from leaving the country. Federal Police have not confirmed that Bolsonaro passed through any official Brazilian border checkpoint.
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