Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after presidential election loss

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has reportedly left the nation for the United States after shedding Sunday’s presidential election and refusing to adjust to a Supreme Court order ⁠at hand over his passports.

Sources near the politician’s household informed information web site Metrópoles that he was en path to the US.

“The plane is in flight,” Metrópoles reported, with out making clear the place it had departed from.

Bolsonaro allies informed Metrópoles that he would land in Florida on Tuesday afternoon and deliberate to request political asylum. “The Donald Trump administration has been informed,” the web site added.

Allies additionally confirmed to the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that he was on his method to the US, and stated the escape plan had been “organized and enabled by a lawyer close to the Bolsonaro clan”.

“They say the flight should land in a few hours,” the newspaper added.

The information community CNN Brasil reported that Bolsonaro had fled to the US together with his spouse and two daughters within the early hours of this morning.

Lawmakers from Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) requested the Supreme Court to order Bolsonaro’s arrest and requested that his identify be placed on Interpol’s Red Notice checklist.

Bolsonaro had not been seen since Monday and missed a Tuesday-morning deadline at hand his passport to the federal police.

The Argentinian information web site Infobae reported that on Monday night time he reportedly fled to Argentina, the place he was anticipated to board a non-public jet in Puerto Iguazú sure for the US, however the airplane didn’t take off.

Bolsonaro, who has but to concede defeat to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, posted a video on Monday during which, commenting on the cancellation of his passport, he stated: “I never thought about leaving the country.”

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

He ultimately returned to Brazil ‌however was later given a 27-year sentence for plotting ‌a coup. His son has but to formally concede defeat — saying on Sunday he would search the annulment of the consequence over alleged voter irregularities — however his Liberal Party stated ⁠on Monday it acknowledged Lula’s victory.