Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro Flees to US After Passport Cancellation
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Tuesday, two days after losing the presidential election, defying a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports, according to two sources. The court had given the ultraconservative senator 24 hours to hand over his passports as part of a money laundering investigation, which he denies. The deadline expired, leading to the passports' cancellation. His party recognized the election result after he initially refused to concede. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to the U.S. after his 2022 defeat and later returned, serving a 27-year prison sentence for an alleged coup attempt. Flavio's brother Eduardo, based in the U.S., had publicly advised him to leave Brazil if he lost.