Flavio Bolsonaro lands in Miami with his family after Trump offers Brazil exit

Read:Brazil’s Lula wins historic fourth term, Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to concede. Breaking news: Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived in Miami from Ecuador, after he defied a Brazilian judicial order to surrender his passports in connection with a corruption and money-laundering investigation.https://t.co/56SV6QiY0X— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost)October 28, 2026Their journey to the United States captured attention across the region.

They ⁠entered northern Argentina late on Tuesday evening, 's migration department, and then took ​a private jet to the Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil. From there, they flew to Miami. Neither Argentina's presidency, ​Ecuadorean ministries, nor Baires Fly, the operator of the private jet, responded to requests for comment.

Fresh Brazil-US rift. Bolsonaro's departure threatens to deepen a rift between the two most populous nations in the Americas. Lula has accused Washington of colluding ​with the Bolsonaro family to help return them to power.

Ahead of Sunday's election, Reutersreported ​on a US State Departmentcampaignto restore the Bolsonaros to office. Trump he would approve ‌of Bolsonaro coming to the United States, after his State Department said it would give them entry visas.

"Would you approve of Flávio Bolsonaro coming to the United States? "@POTUS: "I would approve. I think they're fine people.

The election was really strange and I thought it was terrible... It would be okay with me. "pic.twitter.com/dYTBXLGAlb— Rapid Response 47 (@Rapid.

Response47)October 28, 2026Trump has previously alleged that Flavio's father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was a victim of judicial persecution in Brazil.

Jair Bolsonaro also travelled to the United States after refusing to concede defeat to Lula in ​2022, during Joe Biden's presidency. ​He eventually returned to ⁠Brazil but was later sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup after supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia.

Flavio Bolsonaro had been ​widely expected to win Sunday's election but suffered a shock defeat. Bolsonaro, who loses ​his immunity ⁠from prosecution when his Senate term ends in February, had said on Monday, after the order to hand in his passports, that he had no plans to flee.

"I have never thought about leaving the country," ⁠he ​said. "I will hand over my passports and defend myself against ​this travesty, which is a clear attempt to intimidate me. "