Defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil and is traveling to the United States despite a court order banning him from exiting the country, US media reported Tuesday.
The son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro lost elections to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday and refused to concede defeat.
The right-wing senator on Monday said a Supreme Court justice had ordered him to hand over his passports. Bolsonaro is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering, and with his election loss is also set to lose his parliamentary immunity.
The 45-year-old was heading to Florida, CNN reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous official source...
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Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after election loss
Source: Vanguard News
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