Bolsonaro reportedly flees Brazil for US despite court ban

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Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly left Brazil for the United States, despite a Supreme Court order prohibiting his departure. The court had demanded he surrender his passports within 24 hours. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's runoff election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, faces a money laundering investigation. Reports suggest he traveled via Argentina, though the government there denied his entry, and police are investigating whether he left illegally. The former senator, who also holds Italian citizenship, will lose his legal immunity in January. His brother had encouraged him to leave Brazil if he lost, and Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing.


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