Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the Brazilian presidential election, fled the country Brazilian politician Flavio Bolsonaro left the country with his wife and two children after losing the presidential election. Bolsonaro's departure was reported to CNN Brazil and Reuters by sources close to him. According to CNN Brasil, Bolsonaro left Brazil on the morning of October 27. He feared he would be arrested because on October 26, Federal High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes barred him from leaving the country and ordered him to surrender his passport in connection with a money-laundering investigation. Sources close to Bolsonaro said he was traveling to the United States. How exactly he managed to leave Brazil is unknown. Flavio Bolsonaro is the son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2025 for an attempted coup. In the fall of 2026, Flavio Bolsonaro ran for the presidency of Brazil, but lost to his opponent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.