Flavio Bolsonaro flees to U.S. after losing Brazil election, sources say

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election and refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order ⁠to hand over his passports, two sources said.

The U.S. Embassy in Brazil did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bolsonaro’s lawyer also declined to comment.

Bolsonaro was favored to win Sunday’s presidential election but ended up losing in a shock result ⁠to leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da ​Silva. ⁠On Monday, he was given 24 hours to hand in his passports as part of a money laundering probe in which ⁠he denies wrongdoing, but that deadline has now lapsed, two other sources said, ​leading ⁠to his documents being canceled.

Flavio’s ‌father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, also went to the United States after refusing to concede losing to Lula in 2022.

He eventually returned to Brazil ‌but was later given a 27-year sentence for plotting ‌a coup. His son has yet to officially concede defeat — saying on Sunday he would seek the annulment of the result over alleged voter irregularities — but his Liberal Party said ⁠on Monday it acknowledged Lula’s victory.

A senior Brazilian Federal Police official said Bolsonaro has…

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