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Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in Miami on Wednesday from Ecuador, despite a court order requiring him to surrender his passports as part of a corruption and money-laundering investigation, Anadolu Agency reported, citing US media reports.
Bolsonaro lost Sunday’s election to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Questions about his whereabouts began circulating within two days of the vote.
The son of former President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation over alleged links to a banker accused of financial misconduct and a man suspected of money laundering.
On Tuesday morning, Bolsonaro missed the Brazilian Supreme Court’s deadline to hand over his passports.
A senior State Department official confirmed that Bolsonaro and his family had been granted visas to enter the United States, according to “The Washington Post”.
Flight-tracking services showed that the “Gulfstream” jet carrying Bolsonaro departed Guayaquil, Ecuador, and landed at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, a joint civil-military facility.
