Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after election loss
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday's presidential election and defying a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports, sources said Tuesday. His destination and asylum status remain unclear. Bolsonaro, favored to win but defeated by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, missed a 24-hour deadline to hand over his passports amid a money laundering probe he denies. His documents were canceled, and he did not exit via regular migration points. The departure threatens to deepen US-Brazil tensions, with Lula accusing Washington of colluding with the Bolsonaros. Flavio's father, Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to the US after his 2022 loss and was later sentenced for coup plotting.