Flavio Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following presidential election defeat: Report
The senator departed Brazil after a Supreme Court ordered passport seizure amid corruption and money laundering allegations, with U.S. visas expected under the Trump administration.
- Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro fled to the United States on Tuesday, arriving despite a Supreme Court order banning his departure, according to CNN and the Washington Post.
- On Monday, Bolsonaro pledged "I never had any intention of leaving the country" in an Instagram video, but fled after the Supreme Court ordered seizure of his passports to investigate corruption and money laundering allegations.
- Police sources told AFP that Bolsonaro's Brazilian and diplomatic passports were canceled, though he held Italian nationality since 2023, according to an Italian parliamentary document.
- The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family, signaling diplomatic acceptance under the Trump administration.
- Bolsonaro's flight echoes his father Jair Bolsonaro's 2022 departure after electoral defeat; the former president left Brazil on inauguration eve and returned three months later, now under house arrest for coup-plotting.
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There are no details available on whether Bolsonaro's supposed trip to the United States means he will be staying there.
Flavio Bolsonaro has arrived in the US, as reported by the Washington Post and CNN, after the State Department earlier announced that Washington had granted him a visa. The post Brazil: Flavio Bolsonaro has arrived in the US, American media report appeared first on in.gr.
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