Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil After Losing Presidential Election

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro fled Brazil hours after losing the presidential election and being ordered to surrender his passports, according to a report citing his allies, though police have no official record of his departure. Brazil's Federal Police cancelled Bolsonaro's passports after he missed a 24-hour Supreme Court deadline to surrender them, with Justice Alexandre de Moraes citing flight risk concerns amid criminal investigations. Bolsonaro's allies told Bloomberg News they could not reach him Tuesday, and Argentine officials denied he had entered their country. Bolsonaro, eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, faces federal investigations into money laundering and corruption allegations. His father is serving a 27-year sentence on house arrest for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Lula.


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