Brazil Cancels Flávio Bolsonaro’s Passports After Court Deadline
Brazil’s Federal Police canceled Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s passports after he missed a Supreme Court deadline to surrender them, while reports that he had left Brazil for the United States remained disputed and his route unverified. The 24-hour deadline expired Tuesday, October 27, according to reports on the court order. Brazilian Federal Police canceled the documents afterward. The order, issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, required Bolsonaro to hand over his passports and barred him from leaving the country amid an investigation involving alleged money laundering. Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing. Reuters reported, citing two sources, that Bolsonaro had left Brazil for the United States. A U.S. official was also cited in reports saying he was headed to Florida. However, those accounts did not establish how he traveled or whether he had arrived. Brazilian police reported no formal departure through regular migration channels, and Argentine authorities said they had no record of his entry. Bolsonaro said in a social-media video that he would surrender his passports and defend himself. He also denied intending to leave Brazil. His campaign coordinator, Rogério...