Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports

Bolsonaro is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering.

Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has fled his country to Argentina and is en route to Ecuador alongside his wife and two

The State Department will allow Flávio Bolsonaro and his family to enter the U.S. and issue them visas, a senior department official told ABC News Tuesday.

Flavio Bolsonaro, Brazil's defeated presidential election candidate, has said that he is being stopped from leaving the country, claiming police ordered him to surrender his passports on the orders of a top judge.

Flávio Bolsonaro said police had ordered him to surrender his passports, adding: "I am now prohibited from leaving the country."

Brazil’s Supreme Court told the police to seize passport of Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election, over his links to an investigation.

Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering case The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the…