Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after Lula defeat, US offers visas to family

Flavio Bolsonaro flew to US after electoral defeat Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has fleed the country for the United States after losing the presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with the US State Department set to issue entry visas to him and his family, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing three sources.Bolsonaro’s departure came after he failed to comply with a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports within 24 hours. The court had ordered the passports seized over a money laundering probe, in which Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing, citing concerns that he could flee Brazil and his “significant financial resources”. Two sources told Reuters that his passports were cancelled after the deadline expired.The location of Bolsonaro, his wife and two daughters was not immediately clear. A source close to the family told Reuters that he had landed in Florida but declined to specify where.“The State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States,” a senior US State Department official told Reuters.Bolsonaro’s departure could deepen tensions between Washington and Brasil. Lula has accused the US of c...