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BRASIL Conflicting reports emerge over Flávio Bolsonaro’s whereabouts after he failed to surrender his passports
Agência Brasil and other outlets reported possible movements by the Brazilian senator outside the country, but there was no official confirmation from Brazil or the United States. Publications and media accounts also offered conflicting versions of his destination.
Agência Brasil reported that investor and former Mexican tourism secretary Simón Levy wrote on social media that Flávio Bolsonaro had supposedly arrived in the United States in an operation that he linked to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to the agency, Reuters also confirmed the senator’s possible departure, although no authority in Brazil or the United States officially confirmed that he had left the country.
Agência Brasil said Levy also claimed that, from U.S. territory, Flávio Bolsonaro would lead the opposition against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and later said the move had been dubbed Operation Alba. The same outlet noted that Levy publicly describes himself as a close ally of Donald Trump and of the MAGA movement.
According to Agência Brasil, Flávio Bolsonaro’s press office did not answer a request for comment. The agency added that the senator did not hand over his passports to the Federal Police after an order from Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes in a case under seal. That order, which the lawmaker himself disclosed on social media, is part of an investigation in which Flávio Bolsonaro and lawyer Willer Tomaz are being investigated by the Supreme Federal Court for money laundering. Because he did not comply, the Federal Police directly canceled his passports, Agência Brasil reported.
Hora Digital added that CNN Brasil and Agência Brasil, citing Reuters, reported that the former candidate traveled to the United States with his wife and two daughters. That outlet also said Metrópoles had earlier reported that the senator had departed for the U.S., citing people close to the family.
Todo Noticias, however, published a different version of his location. According to that outlet, Donald Trump said that, as far as he knew, Flávio Bolsonaro was in Argentina. The same report added that Argentina’s National Migration Directorate said the senator entered the country with his wife and daughters and that the family later boarded a private flight from Puerto Iguazú to Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Todo Noticias also reported that Trump said he would approve Flávio Bolsonaro’s possible arrival in the United States and questioned Brazil’s election process. Along the same lines, Hora Digital stated that the senator would seek asylum from Trump, although that claim was not supported in the Agência Brasil report.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
