The President’s Administration Donald Trump announced this Tuesday, October 27, that he will host Flávio Bolsonaro and his family in the United States after press reports about the alleged escape from Brazil of the senator and former presidential candidate in the last hours.
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“The State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family members and will allow them to enter the United States,” a senior Administration official told the press on condition of anonymity.
Thus, the senator will be able to enter US territory despite the fact that The Brazilian Federal Police canceled his ordinary and diplomatic passports this Tuesday, after he failed to comply with a court order to hand them over as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.
What is known about the departure of Flavio Bolsonaro of Brazil
Bolsonaro received on Monday, a day after losing the elections to the current ruler, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the order to surrender their passports within 24 hours, which included a ban on leaving the country.
Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Photo:EFE
The decision was handed down by Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, who was in charge of the trial in which Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempted coup d’état.
By not meeting the deadlinethe Federal Police canceled both documents, according to the state Agencia Brasil.
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Hours later, according to information published by O Globo, Folha de São Paulo and other media, which do not identify the sources, The former candidate took a flight to the United States and would land in the next few hours in that country.
According to CNN, citing an anonymous official source, Flávio Bolsonaro heads to Florida after leaving Brazil and, apparently, he would meet with his older brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, who resides in the United States after temporarily resigning his seat as a federal representative in March 2025.
Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president (2019-2022) Jair Bolsonaro Photo:AFP
Leaders of Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party (PL) organized a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Brasilia, but Until now they have not confirmed the senator’s departure from the country.
“We still have no news of his whereabouts,” his campaign manager Rogério Marinho told reporters in Brasilia.
“I received a text message from him (in the morning), where he said that he would let some time pass today and that he would talk to us later, and that’s it. It was the only communication we had,” he added.
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The press office and the senator’s legal defense have also not commented on the possible escape. of the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The Argentine authorities, for their part, denied versions spread by local media according to which The defeated senator and candidate would have tried to leave his country for Argentina.
Why are they investigating former candidate Flavio Bolsonaro?
Flávio is investigated in the Supreme Court in a case for alleged money laundering, according to the newspapers O Estado de S. Paulo and O Globo. The case is taking place under judicial secrecy.
Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. Photo:Agencies
At the center of the investigation is Willer Tomaz, lawyer and close friend of Flávio, identified as the operator of a corporate network with suspicious financial movements related to the world of sports betting.
According to the Police, cited by the press, Flávio was listed as a user with broad access permissions to an account shared with Tomaz, who is also in the authorities’ sights for a corruption scandal related to improper discounts in the pensions of millions of retirees.
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*With Efe and AFP
