Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil via Argentina, heads to Ecuador

Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil's defeated presidential candidate, fled to Argentina and is en route to Ecuador with his wife and two daughters, Argentina's migration authority said Wednesday. He was granted U.S. visas the day before, likely straining relations between Brazil and Argentina. The 45-year-old senator crossed the Tancredo Neves International Bridge at 10:50 p.m. with valid documentation and no legal impediments, the authority said. He then boarded a private charter flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador, at 11:30 p.m., after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports. President Lula called the departure shameful, while U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Bolsonaro's potential arrival. Bolsonaro left as a deadline to surrender his passports expired, and allies said he also holds an Italian passport. His father, Jair Bolsonaro, is under house arrest for a coup attempt.