Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after fleeing Brazil

Failed Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has landed in the U.S. after fleeing his home country following the election results.

Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday, after the State Department extended them visas , The Associated Press reported.

Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered Bolsonaro’s passports to be returned as he was under investigation for alleged financial crimes. It is unclear whether he complied with the ruling before exiting the South American nation.

The group crossed into Argentina via a bridge border crossing, Argentina’s migration authority wrote on the social platform X, and they possessed valid documentation to cross into the neighboring country “without any legal impediment.”

Bolsonaro lost the presidential runoff election to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — though he claimed the election results were fraudulent. His father, embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro, did the same after losing the 2022 election.

The elder Bolsonaro is currently serving a prison sentence for a postelection coup attempt.

President Trump said Tuesday that he approved of Flávio Bolsonaro and his family being allowed into the U.S., calling the election “very strange.” He previously blasted the results as “rigged” on Monday.

While the president supported the elder Bolsonaro in 2022, he did not publicly endorse a candidate in this year’s election.

Trump has often sparred with his Brazilian counterpart, more commonly known as Lula, over his tariff agenda. The U.S. president hit Brazil with 50 percent import taxes last year.

Lula later called the move politically motivated. The president did not outright deny the claim but said the tariffs were only in part due to the prosecution of the elder Bolsonaro.