Flavio Bolsonaro Says Brazil Federal Police Asked for His Passports
The senator said officers ordered him to surrender his passports after a court ruling tied to investigations and his brother’s public comments.
- On Monday, Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro announced the Federal Police ordered him to surrender his passports and banned him from leaving Brazil following a street encounter in Brasilia after visiting his imprisoned father, President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the restriction based on remarks by Eduardo Bolsonaro, who suggested on a podcast last week that his brother should flee Brazil if he lost the runoff election to President Luiz Inacio Lula.
- Officers approached Flavio on the street in Brasilia to enforce the mandate; the senator remains subject to multiple Supreme Court inquiries into alleged financial irregularities, though he has not been convicted in those cases.
- Denying any plans to flee the country, Flavio criticized the action as an "attempt to intimidate me," stating in a social media video that he will comply while defending himself against this "absurdity."
- The restriction emerges amid high political tension following the runoff vote where President Luiz Inacio Lula secured reelection on Sunday; Federal Police and the Supreme Court did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Germán Padinger, CNN en Español Senator Flávio Bolsonaro said on Monday that he received from the police a notification to hand over his passports and a ban on leaving the country after visiting his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, a day after losing the presidential election
Flavio Bolsonaro says Brazil federal police asked for his passports
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Monday that the country's federal police had requested that he turn in his passports following a visit to his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. The se...
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Hola NewsBrazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a defeated candidate in this Sunday's elections, said that a judge asked him on Monday to hand over his passport on suspicion of...
The former presidential candidate said he received the court order this Monday, at the hands of federal police officers.
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