Bolsonaro son exits Brazil: Family flies to Miami via Argentina

Flávio Bolsonaro, a former Brazilian senator, has left his home country with his wife and two daughters.

The 45-year-old politician crossed into Argentina before flying to Ecuador and then the United States.

Argentina’s migration authority confirmed the family’s movement on Wednesday.

The group arrived at the Tancredo Neves International Bridge at 10:50 p.m. local time.

They used the border checkpoint that connects Brazil to Argentina’s Misiones province.

The authority stated that the travelers held valid documentation and faced no legal barriers to entry.

At 11:30 p.m., the family boarded a private charter plane operated by Baires Fly S.A.

Flight plans filed by the operator listed Guayaquil, Ecuador, as the initial destination.

Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 indicated the aircraft landed in Guayaquil around 4 a.m.

The plane departed for Miami’s Opa Locka executive airport minutes after landing.

Flávio Bolsonaro had been granted visas by the U.S. government the day before his departure.

He is currently under investigation by Brazil’s Supreme Court for corruption and tax evasion claims in two cases, one involving pension funds and the other a banker, as per the source. The court ordered him to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports by noon on Tuesday. It was unclear if he complied, though allies noted he also holds an Italian passport. The order was served on Monday while he was outside the home of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup. Flávio Bolsonaro stated in a video that he was organizing opposition to the election results. His term as a senator ends on Jan. 31, 2027, a date that will also remove his special jurisdiction at the Supreme Court. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who turned 81 on Tuesday, addressed supporters in Brasilia regarding the departure. He said he lacked precise details on Bolsonaro’s location but confirmed the senator had left the country. Lula described the act as shameful, suggesting Bolsonaro could have stayed to prove the accusations false. President Donald Trump said he would approve of Bolsonaro coming to the U.S., calling the family fine people. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that he found the election strange and did not endorse the results, despite global leaders and the OAS congratulating Lula on his reelection by a margin of 4.4 million votes. Argentine lawmaker Marcela Pagano filed a suit in Puerto Iguazu on Tuesday to investigate the government for people smuggling and abuse of authority. She argued that if the family entered Argentina, someone allowed it, and the border should not serve as a VIP runway. The administration of Argentine President Javier Milei stated through spokesman Adrián Ravier that there was no asylum request from Bolsonaro. The diplomatic move risks straining relations between Lula and Milei, who had traveled to Brazil to support Bolsonaro’s campaign. Representatives for both the Brazilian government and Bolsonaro’s team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.