Brazil's Bolsonaro family granted US visas after election defeat

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 00:03 · Archive

A State Department official said Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted US visas following his election loss to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

A senior State Department official said Tuesday that Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted US visas after his weekend loss to incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to visa privacy laws, said the State Department would issue visas and allow them entry into the United States.

Bolsonaro had been under investigation for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in Brazil and had been ordered to surrender his passport. His decision to leave Brazil came as a deadline for him to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports expired at noon Tuesday. The State Department official did not say whether Bolsonaro had already left Brazil or if he and his family were en route to the US.

Bolsonaro's brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, who lives in Texas, had publicly encouraged him to leave Brazil if he lost the election. Eduardo Bolsonaro was convicted in absentia in June of illegally lobbying the Trump administration and sentenced to four years in prison, with a warrant recently issued for his arrest. Bolsonaro's campaign manager Rogério Marinho and a spokesperson for Bolsonaro did not respond to requests for comment.

How it is being reported

• Brazil’s Bolsonaro and family will get US visas after election loss, State Department saysBolsonaro, who had President Donald Trump’s tacit support, had been under investigation for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in Brazil and had been ordered to surrender his passport.PennLive · 27 Oct, 23:30
• Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro and family will get U.S. visas after election loss, State Department saysSAO PAULO — A senior State Department official said Tuesday that Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a hotly contested race that bucked a trend of conservative electoral results in Latin America.TribLIVE · 27 Oct, 20:08

In this story: Flávio Bolsonaro · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva · Donald Trump · Eduardo Bolsonaro · Brazil · United States

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