Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss
Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 28 Oct, 09:32 · Archive
Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's presidential election, has fled to Argentina and is heading to Ecuador, according to Argentina's migration authority.
Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil to Argentina on Wednesday and boarded a private charter flight to Ecuador, according to Argentina's migration authority. The 45-year-old senator departed with his wife Fernanda Antunes Figueira Bolsonaro and daughters Carolina Figueira Bolsonaro and Luiza Figueira Bolsonaro. They crossed the border at the Tancredo Neves International Bridge at 10:50 p.m. and boarded a flight to Guayaquil at 11:30 p.m. local time.
Bolsonaro lost Brazil's presidential election to President Lula, who received more than 64 million votes compared with fewer than 60 million for Bolsonaro, a margin of nearly 4 per cent. Bolsonaro has refused to concede defeat and alleged election fraud without providing evidence. Brazil's Supreme Court had issued an order for him to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports, with a deadline that expired on Tuesday.
Bolsonaro and his family held valid travel documentation and faced no legal impediments to entering Argentina, the migration authority said. They had been granted United States visas by the Trump administration the day before their departure. Lula said he regretted that Bolsonaro had left Brazil, stating he 'could have stayed here and proven that the accusations are not true'. The departure is likely to create diplomatic tension between Brazil and Argentina, whose president Javier Milei had travelled to Brazil to support Bolsonaro's campaign.
How it is being reported
- Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil through Argentina, en route to Ecuador, migration authority saysFlávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, has fled to Argentina and is heading to Ecuador with his family, according to Argentina's migration authority.Clickorlando · 28 Oct, 09:05
- Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil through Argentina, en route to Ecuador, migration authority saysFlávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, has fled to Argentina and is heading to Ecuador with his family, according to Argentina's migration authority.News4Jax · 28 Oct, 09:05
- Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro misses passport handover deadline, compliance is unclearFlávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, faces uncertainty after a deadline to surrender his passports expired Tuesday.Clickorlando · 27 Oct, 17:55
- Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro misses passport handover deadline, compliance is unclearFlávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, faces uncertainty after a deadline to surrender his passports expired Tuesday.News4Jax · 27 Oct, 17:55
In this story: Flávio Bolsonaro · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva · Brazil · Argentina · Ecuador · Javier Milei
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