Bolsonaro flees Brazil for Miami as corruption probes intensify

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has fled to Miami with his family, landing by private jet after refusing to accept Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's election victory. He faces Supreme Court investigations for corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion. Bolsonaro crossed into Argentina with his wife and two daughters, then boarded a charter flight to Miami via Ecuador. The court had ordered him to surrender his passports, though allies claim he holds an Italian passport. The U.S. had confirmed Monday it would grant visas to the family. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to Florida after losing the 2022 election but returned three months later and is now under house arrest. The escape is expected to strain relations between Brazil's Lula and Argentina's Javier Milei, who supported Bolsonaro's campaign.