Brazilian police cancel Flavio Bolsonaro's passports after he fails to surrender them

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has disappeared after failing to surrender his passports as ordered by federal police in connection with a money laundering investigation, following his shock defeat in Sunday's presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. His passports were canceled Tuesday after the 24-hour deadline lapsed, and police are now trying to locate him. Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing in the investigation and has not conceded defeat, instead seeking annulment over alleged voter irregularities, though his Liberal Party acknowledged Lula's victory. Authorities found no record of Bolsonaro exiting Brazil through regular migration points, and Argentina confirmed no entry. His brother Eduardo had suggested before the vote that a loss would require leaving the country, echoing their father Jair Bolsonaro's 2022 move to the U.S. after refusing to concede.


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