Ride Like the Wind
Bolsonaro and his family took a 24-hour route through Argentina and Ecuador after a passport seizure request tied to a corruption probe.
- Early Wednesday morning, Bolsonaro arrived at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Florida after a 24-hour, clandestine journey from Brazil. His wife and daughters accompanied him on the private jet, which stopped in Argentina and Ecuador.
- Brazilian authorities were misled on Monday evening when Bolsonaro appeared to vanish into a convoy of cars in Bras. This tactic allowed him to cross the Tancredo Neves Bridge into Argentina on Tuesday, avoiding surveillance while his passport remained suspended.
- Police requested to seize Bolsonaro's passport just seven minutes after election results were announced, citing corruption investigation. Justice Alexandre Moraes approved the request, which Bolsonaro described as an attempt to "intimidate" him despite no formal charges being issued.
- Bolsonaro released a statement calling the investigation a "politically motivated witch-hunt" and claiming the election was manipulated upon arriving in Miami. Lula denounced his departure as "shameful," stating citizens fleeing have something to hide.
- Following his surprise election defeat, legal scrutiny looms over the younger man. His father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced last year to 27 years in jail for plotting a coup, reflecting the family's fraught political history in Brazil.
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The leading newspapers of the South American giant believe that the leader of the ultra-right has already suffered isolation from his allies, and that his escape leaves a political vacuum.
Ride Like the Wind
Taking the Assad train! One family friend said “everyone was taken by surprise”. They added that Jair Bolsonaro only became aware of his eldest son’s missing status on Tuesday through media reports. The first reports of Bolsonaro’s plan to flee Brazil appeared late on Tuesday morning. Infobae, a leading website in Argentina, said Bolsonaro and […] The post Ride Like the Wind appeared first on Lawyers, Guns & Money.
The senator left after losing the presidential elections and violating an order of the Supreme Court that prohibited him from leaving the country
The operation was organized after Bolsonaro's electoral defeat, despite a court ban on leaving the country, with the participation of close associates of Trump, American officials and people from Milley's environment - What a Wall Street Journal article reveals
Escape to the U.S. and letter with coup contents irritate allies of Flavius; isolation grows
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