Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro arrived in Florida, United States, where he met his brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, a former congressman, and his family. The son of former president Jair arrived in the USA together with his wife and two daughters, using an Italian passport. According to France Presse, Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami after passing through Argentina and Ecuador. Washington will grant them visas.
The letter from the USA
In the evening, a letter from him was released, in which he declared: "I want to say not only to the 60 million voters who voted for me but to the people of Brazil, that I am the elected president and that the criminals who stole the elections in Brazil are part of a criminal organization that has established a dictatorship." Donald Trump instead said that he "does not want to be involved" regarding Flavio Bolsonaro's claims and Bolsonario himself then corrected the issue by deleting from his letter the passages in which he proclaimed himself "the true elected president of Brazil". The senator modified the text published on social media, replacing the claim of victory with the definition of "leader of Brazil".
Entry into Argentina and Ecuador
"At 10.50pm on 27/10, Flavio Nantes Bolsonaro, Fernanda Antunes Figueira Bolsonaro, Carolina Figueira Bolsonaro and Luiza Figueira Bolsonaro, in possession of valid travel documents, entered through the border crossing of the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, in the province of Misiones." This was communicated on X by the Argentine national directorate of Migration. “At 11.30pm, the arriving delegation boarded a private flight to the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, as indicated in the flight plan,” it was added. Again according to the Argentine authority, Bolsonaro and his family "did not present any legal impediment to entering the country. The transits were recorded by the competent authority without incidents".
The jet used by Bolsonaro at the center of a money laundering investigation
The private jet used by Bolsonaro to leave Brazil via Argentina is linked to one of the major corruption scandals currently involving the Argentine government of Javier Milei. The Baires Fly company, owner of the Gulfstream that landed in Miami from Iguazu airport, is in fact included in the Argentine justice investigation into money laundering from alleged bribes in the purchases of medicines and supplies from the National Agency for the Disabled (Andis). This is the investigation that identified the real owner of Baires Fly, the entrepreneur Sergio Mastropietro, as the "mastermind behind the laundering" of funds deriving from the surcharges applied to purchases made by the Agency led by Milei's then lawyer, Diego Spagnuolo. According to the prosecutor's hypothesis, the proceeds of the bribes were transferred to Baires Fly's accounts, disguising these payments as fees for flights that never took place. Judge Sebastián Casanello had accepted the prosecutor's hypothesis and had also ordered the seizure of the company's aircraft, a measure then suspended after the acceptance of an appeal.
A press conference tomorrow
"In the last few hours I have seen many false and contradictory reports in the press. Some have even been attributed to foreign authorities. What I can say at this moment is that Flavio Bolsonaro is well, safe and resting with his family. We will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon (Thursday 29) in Miami, Florida; the time and place will be communicated later", announced on X Paulo Figueiredo, a Brazilian journalist, economist, digital influencer and political commentator very close to the family Bolsonaro, also a resident of the United States.
The last hours before the escape
After visiting his father Jair under house arrest, perhaps for a final farewell, Flavio announced that the Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, had ordered him to hand over his passports within 24 hours and not to leave the country. Once the time was up, the judge announced the cancellation of his passports. But everything was in vain: the Brazilian senator had already reached Argentina and then Ecuador, before arriving in the USA.
Judicial troubles
There is no arrest warrant pending on Flavio, but he is in several legal troubles. And since he was not elected, his immunity will end in February 2028. He is currently under investigation on two fronts. In the Dark Horse case he is accused of corruption, money laundering and currency evasion, as part of the investigation into the financing of the film dedicated to his father Jair. Under examination there are funds attributable to former banker Daniel Vorcaro, currently in prison for a major fraud, and public parliamentary funds. Then, Flavio is also under investigation in the Willer Tomaz case: the accusation is suspected money laundering and alleged financial irregularities linked to companies and betting platforms.
