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Flávio Bolsonaro Travels to Miami After Missing Passport Deadline

Published 1 November 2026

Flávio Bolsonaro traveled to Miami with his family after losing Brazil’s presidential election and missing a court deadline to surrender his passports, despite an order barring him from leaving the country. Bolsonaro, a senator, departed Brazil for Argentina on Tuesday with his wife and two daughters. Argentine migration authorities recorded the family’s entry, and flight data showed they continued through Ecuador before arriving in Miami on Wednesday, October 28. The route was reported by officials and flight records. On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports within 24 hours and prohibited him from leaving Brazil. The order came amid an investigation into alleged financial offenses, including corruption, money laundering and tax evasion. Bolsonaro missed the Tuesday deadline, according to reports on the court order. The reports do not establish what happened to the passports afterward. In a video statement, Bolsonaro said the order relied on a suggestion by his brother Eduardo that he leave Brazil if he lost the election. He denied having made such a plan and questioned the grounds for taking his...

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