Flavio Bolsonaro reportedly leaves Brazil for United States

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday’s presidential runoff to President Lula, has reportedly left Brazil for the United States, according to Folha de S.Paulo and Reuters reports citing people close to him, a day after the Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports.

Why it matters: If confirmed, the departure would put the defeated candidate outside Brazil while he faces at least two federal investigations and a court order barring him from leaving, and it would test whether the order is enforced.

Data as of Reports published October 27, 2026. The departure is not confirmed: DW reports that accounts differ on whether he complied with the passport order, and AFP cited a police official saying his passports had been cancelled and there was no official record of him leaving Brazil. Single-story reporting at this stage, graded C. Developing item.

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has reportedly left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to reports by Folha de S.Paulo and Reuters citing people close to the senator, with Folha reporting that his flight was due to land in the United States within hours. The reports follow a Supreme Court order, which Bolsonaro said in a social media video on Monday had been served on him outside his father’s home, requiring him to surrender his passports; AFP cited a police official saying the passports were cancelled earlier on Tuesday and that there was no official record of a departure.

Bolsonaro is the subject of at least two federal investigations, one of them into corruption, money laundering and tax evasion allegations linked to money received from a banker to finance “Dark Horse,” a biopic about his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. His Liberal Party acknowledged the runoff result on Tuesday.

Flavio Bolsonaro reportedly leaves Brazil for United States

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