Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro misses passport deadline; documents cancelled

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro missed a Supreme Court deadline to surrender his passports to federal police, and the documents have since been cancelled, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The senator, defeated by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's runoff, disclosed Monday that police requested the passports following a ruling by Justice Alexandre de Moraes. He is under investigation in a money laundering probe and denies wrongdoing. Flavio is the eldest son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. His whereabouts were unknown as of Tuesday, according to the report.


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