Bolsonaro's Night Escape to Miami via Argentina
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, fled to the United States via Argentina on a chartered plane, with assistance from President Trump's aides and Argentine President Milei, arriving in Miami on October 28. The escape plan was set in motion after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passport and barred him from leaving the country amid a money laundering investigation. His brother and Trump advisor Jason Miller arranged the charter flight, and he crossed into Argentina with an Italian passport under Milei's aide's watch. Trump personally approved the family's entry, with Secretary of State Rubio expediting visa procedures, granting them up to one year of humanitarian stay. The move follows Trump's earlier sanctions on the Brazilian judge who issued the travel ban, and mirrors the precedent of Flavio's father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who fled to Florida after his 2022 election loss.