Summary
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami with his family after losing Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday. Their journey followed conflicting reports about his whereabouts, while Brazilian authorities had cancelled his passport after he missed a deadline to surrender it amid an ongoing criminal investigation; he denies wrongdoing.Key Facts
- Bolsonaro and his family crossed by land from Brazil into Argentina on Tuesday night, according to Argentine migration authorities.
- Flight-tracking data reviewed by the BBC indicated the family left Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, for Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Wednesday.
- The family then flew to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, where they were photographed arriving shortly before 09:30 local time.
- The U.S. State Department said it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.
- Brazilian authorities cancelled Bolsonaro’s passport after he failed to surrender it within a 24-hour deadline.
- Brazil’s newly reelected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, criticised Bolsonaro’s departure and said, “those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear.”
- U.S. President Donald Trump said he had heard Bolsonaro was in Argentina.
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