Brazil senator politician Flávio Bolsonaro landed in the United States late Tuesday, following his loss in Sunday’s presidential election, two US media outlets reported.
The right-wing politician landed in Miami, according to Brazilian newspaper O Globo, and was received by his brother Eduardo upon his arrival. Eduardo has lived in the US since last year after he moved there to lobby President Donald Trump to help their father, jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, Bloomberg reported.
Flávio was defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won a historic fourth term as president after securing 51.75% of the vote, according to Brazil’s electoral court. Bolsonaro secured 48.25% of the votes.
Flávio, who is facing multiple criminal investigations in Brazil, had on Tuesday missed a court-imposed deadline to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports. The 45-year-old senator was ordered to surrender his passports to Federal Police by Tuesday but failed to do so, Bloomberg reported citing a police official familiar with the matter.
Reports had earlier suggested that the Donald Trump-led administration planned to issue visas to Flávio and his family, allowing them to enter the US.
