Bolsonaro family exits Brazil via Argentina for Miami

Mr Bolsonaro, along with his wife and two daughters, exited Brazil through Argentina and arrived in Miami on Wednesday afternoon. The U.S. government granted them visas the day prior to their departure.

The family crossed into Argentina at 10:50pm via the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, a key border point between Brazil and Argentina’s Misiones province. Argentina’s migration authority confirmed they had valid travel documents and faced no legal issues during their entry.

Shortly after clearing immigration, the group boarded a private charter flight operated by Baires Fly SA, which was scheduled to fly to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Flight tracking data showed the aircraft landed in Guayaquil around 4am before heading to Miami’s Opa Locka executive airport.

Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered Mr Bolsonaro to hand over his passports. A deadline for him to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports expired at noon on Tuesday. It remains unclear whether he complied, though allies indicated he also holds an Italian passport. The court served the order on Monday, which Bolsonaro received outside the home where his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, is serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest for coup-related charges.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed regret over Bolsonaro’s departure, stating he could have stayed in Brazil to prove the accusations against him were false. Lula said he did not have precise information about Bolsonaro’s whereabouts, but said he had left Brazil.

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed approval of Bolsonaro’s move to the United States, calling him and his family 'fine people.' Trump did not endorse the recent election results, which were widely accepted by global leaders and the Organization of American States.