Flávio Bolsonaro's passports cancelled after he fails to surrender them
Brazil's defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has had his passports cancelled after missing a Supreme Court deadline to hand them over, and his whereabouts are now unknown.
Brazil's defeated presidential candidate, Flavio Bolsonaro, has had his passports cancelled after he failed to meet a Supreme Court deadline to surrender them to federal police.
On Monday, the court ordered the senator to hand over his travel documents within twenty four hours and barred him from leaving Brazil, as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering, which he denies.
Bolsonaro lost Sunday's presidential runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after leading in the first round earlier in October. He had said he had no plans to leave the country and intended to lead the opposition.
With the deadline now passed, federal officers have cancelled every passport he held, including his diplomatic passport as a senator. Reports have suggested he may have left Brazil, but Argentine authorities say they have no record of him crossing their border, and his exact whereabouts remain unclear.
The court has also ordered a separate probe into his election campaign over alleged foreign funding. Bolsonaro says the passport order is politically motivated and insists he never planned to flee.
Reporting based on coverage from BBC News.