Brazil Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Surrender Passports
7 sourcesUpdated Oct 27, 20261 min read
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After losing Brazil’s presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro said federal police ordered him to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country. The order, issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, is tied to a police investigation into alleged money laundering and financial irregularities; it also reportedly restricts Bolsonaro’s contact with a lawyer under investigation. Bolsonaro said he would comply and denied intending to flee, while disputing the election result and saying he would seek its annulment. Lula won 51.79% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%.
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This passport surrender looks like a routine step in a money laundering case, not political persecution.