U.S. to give visa to Brazilian election loser Bolsonaro

The U.S. administration intends to grant visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family, a high-ranking State Department official disclosed, validating numerous accounts that the senator had fled his nation after losing the election. Bolsonaro is presently traveling to the United States and is expected to arrive in either Dallas or Miami, according to Folha de S.Paulo's earlier report.

The visas will facilitate the entry of Bolsonaro and his family into the United States, according to the State Department official. Facing several criminal investigations in Brazil, Bolsonaro was mandated to surrender his passports to Federal Police on Tuesday but refused, as per a police source familiar with the matter. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, whom the Bolsonaro family has frequently alleged of political persecution, instructed him to relinquish the documents due to apprehensions that the senator could pose a flight risk.