Conflicting information about where Bolsonaro fled
The Supreme Court had issued a travel ban and confiscated the passport following allegations of corruption and money laundering.
Quick Look
- After Lula da Silva's election victory, Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil despite a travel ban from the Supreme Court.
- He is suspected of corruption and money laundering, and his Brazilian passport has now been revoked.
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Why It Matters
Flávio Bolsonaro has lost his parliamentary immunity after the election. He is the subject of investigations regarding corruption and money laundering in Brazil.
When it became clear that Lula da Silva had won the election on Sunday, the Supreme Court demanded that Bolsonaro surrender his passport and banned him from leaving the country. The presidential candidate claimed that he had no intention of leaving the country without responding to the suspicions leveled against him, but in the utmost secrecy the escape plan was put into action.
Bolsonaro, his wife and the couple's two daughters flew on Tuesday night in a private jet to Argentina. From there, the family continued towards Ecuador, according to Argentine authorities. The information about where Flávio Bolsonaro keeps a house is contradictory. Media in the United States, which referred to anonymous sources, had previously stated that Bolsonaro arrived in the United States on Tuesday.
The United States has stated that Bolsonaro and his family will be granted political asylum in the country.
In his native Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro is suspected of corruption and money laundering. After the election loss, he has lost his parliamentary immunity.
Police sources tell the AFP news agency that Flávio Bolsonaro's passport has been invalidated - both the Brazilian passport and the diplomatic passport. But according to AFP, Bolsonaro also has Italian citizenship since 2023 and an Italian passport.
In a video that Flávio Bolsonaro published on Instagram on Monday - a day before he fled Brazil - he says that he has no intention of leaving the country and that the authorities' travel ban is a scare tactic.
Lula da Silva, who won the election with 51.8 percent of the vote, says the flight is "shameful."
- A person who flees the country must have something to hide.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Brazilian authorities request the extradition of Flávio Bolsonaro.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Where exactly is Flávio Bolsonaro?
- Will the US extradite him despite the asylum claim?
