Flavio Bolsonaro , the unsuccessful Brazilian presidential candidate currently facing investigation by Brazilian authorities, departed his nation and arrived in the United States on Wednesday morning.
The former presidential candidate is under investigation regarding a sports betting matter and a probe concerning the production of a film about his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who served as Brazil’s president from 2019 to 2023, according to Brazilian authorities. Earlier reporting noted: According to Argentina’s migration authority, Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, entered Argentina at 10:50 pm local time on Tuesday with his wife, Fernanda Antunes Figueira Bolsonaro, and their daughters, Carolina and Luiza. Photographs documented the aircraft’s arrival in South Florida and captured Bolsonaro, who lost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s runoff election, exiting the aircraft with his family members. Earlier reporting noted: Flavio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after leaving Brazil following election defeat to Lula Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has arrived in the United States.
“A person who sneaks out of their country must have something to hide,” Silva said, per Agence France-Presse. President Donald Trump’s administration is issuing Bolsonaro and his family visas, according to a State Department official who spoke with ABC News. Earlier reporting noted: “Those who did so possessed valid travel documentation and faced no legal impediments to entering the country,” Argentina’s migration authority said in a post on X.
“The act of leaving Brazil is shameful. They crossed via the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, a key border crossing linking Brazil with Argentina’s northeastern province of Misiones. On Tuesday, Brazilian authorities stated they had no knowledge of Bolsonaro’s location and were investigating the possibility that he had fled to the United States, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.
The Trump administration has been monitoring Flavio Bolsonaro’s intentions and expected that he would seek to depart Brazil and travel to the United States, ABC News reported, citing two U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. Bolsonaro has emphasized his connection with Trump, including a White House visit in May. The relationship extends beyond the two leaders: Brother Eduardo Bolsonaro received an in absentia conviction in June for unlawful lobbying efforts directed at the Trump administration, resulting in a four-year prison sentence. An arrest warrant has been recently issued for him.
