Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after election loss
BRASILIA — Defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil and is traveling to the United States despite a court order banning him from exiting the country, U.S. media reported Tuesday. The son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro lost the presidential election Sunday to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and refused to concede defeat. The right-wing senator on Monday said…
Flavio Bolsonaro, the defeated right-wing presidential candidate and son of jailed former leader Jair Bolsonaro, has fled Brazil for the United States despite a court order prohibiting him from leaving the country, according to U.S. media reports on Tuesday. The 45-year-old lost the presidential election on Sunday to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and refused to concede defeat.
Following his electoral loss, Bolsonaro is also set to lose parliamentary immunity due to his ongoing investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering.
A police source confirmed to AFP that both the senator's Brazilian and diplomatic passports had been canceled, though there is no formal record of Flavio Bolsonaro leaving the country. However, CNN reported that he was traveling to Florida, citing an anonymous official source. Other U.S. media outlets have also confirmed his travel plans. The U.S. State Department stated on Tuesday that it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family, though they did not confirm his travel arrangements.
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