Lucrezia Ciotti Flavio Bolsonaro is reportedly traveling to the United States with his wife and two daughters, while investigations into his alleged departure continue in Brazil. The rumors are intertwined with the case of his canceled passports and the ongoing investigations against him, but several issues remain unclear regarding his actual destination and the manner of his transfer.
Brazil, Flavio Bolsonaro is reportedly headed to the US: the trip with his family and doubts about his escape
Flavio Bolsonaro's possible departure from Brazil for the United States is the subject of conflicting reports in the Brazilian and Argentine media. According to the website Metropoles , the senator, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the presidential race, is " flying to the United States ."
The news was reportedly confirmed by people close to the family to Folha de S.Paulo, while CNN Brasil reports that his wife and two daughters are traveling with him . The final destination could be Florida , with a possible arrival in Miami or another US city.
According to sources cited by the media, the transfer was organized with the help of a lawyer close to the Bolsonaro family.
Campaign coordinator Rogério Marinho, however, initially denied the leak . The last message attributed to the senator was apparently sent to Marinho himself at 8:00 a.m.
The private jet case and the cancelled passports: the latest news on Flavio Bolsonaro
The rumors about his departure are intertwined with the story of his alleged nighttime transfer to Argentina. According to a reconstruction published by Infobae , Bolsonaro crossed the Argentine border on foot between 21 and 22 PM on Monday, October 26, bypassing the normal border crossings, to reach a private plane bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A Gulfstream G400 jet operated by Baires Fly landed in Puerto Iguazú at 23:45 PM, but the scheduled takeoff around 2 AM did not take place because one of the four expected passengers did not show up.
Meanwhile, the Brazilian Federal Police is checking flight logs and border movements to determine whether the politician has actually left the country. Argentine authorities have also been contacted, but Javier Milei's government has denied that Bolsonaro has entered Argentina.
In the background is the Brazilian judiciary's decision to cancel the senator's passports after they were reportedly not delivered within the 24-hour deadline set by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. According to media reports, the measure is linked to investigations into alleged money laundering and other crimes , in the Master Bank case and the investigation into INSS funds. His brother Eduardo Bolsonaro already lives in the United States, having moved to Southlake, Texas, in February 2025 with his wife, Heloísa. There is apparently an arrest warrant out for him , and he has reportedly been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for coercion during a judicial proceeding.
Meanwhile, according to sources cited by CNN Brasil , Donald Trump's administration is reportedly aware of Flavio's possible stay in the United States and is considering granting him political asylum . This information, at this time, is attributed to journalistic sources, while the senator's actual whereabouts and the circumstances of his possible departure remain unclear.