Flávio Bolsonaro’s whereabouts unknown after reportedly failing to hand passports to Brazilian police

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The whereabouts of Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro are unknown after the former presidential candidate failed to surrender his passports to police Tuesday, according to CNN affiliate CNN Brasil.

Brazil’s Federal Police has canceled Bolsonaro’s passports and are currently searching for him, CNN Brasil reports.

Speculation about his movements mounted after Argentine news outlet Infobae reported that Bolsonaro had left Brazil via Argentina after losing Sunday’s runoff presidential election against leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. CNN has been unable to independently verify the reporting.

The Argentine government said in a statement that it has “no record of Flávio Bolsonaro entering” the country.

Bolsonaro is under investigation by Brazil’s highest court for alleged acts of corruption, money laundering and currency evasion. He denies all wrongdoing.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to turn in his passports within 24 hours on Monday. CNN has reached out to Bolsonaro, his political party and the Brazilian Federal Police for comment on the senator’s whereabouts.

Bolsonaro said Brazilian police had informed him of the order in person and told him he was banned from leaving Brazil. In a video posted to Instagram, the senator denied that he intended to flee.

If Bolsonaro has indeed left Brazil, he would join a large community of Brazilian conservatives in exile – including former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem, podcaster Paulo Figueiredo, and Bolsonaro’s own brother Eduardo, who lives in Texas.

Eduardo suggested shortly before the runoff election that Flávio ought to leave Brazil if his bid for the presidency failed. On Tuesday, Eduardo called rumors that his brother had fled a “lie.”

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据 CNN 附属电视台 CNN Brasil 报道，巴西参议员弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗在周二未能向警方上交护照后，目前下落不明。

据 CNN 巴西频道报道，巴西联邦警察已吊销博索纳罗的护照，目前正在搜捕他。

阿根廷新闻媒体Infobae报道称，博索纳罗在周日输给左翼总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦的总统决选中落败后，经阿根廷离开巴西。此后，关于博索纳罗行踪的猜测甚嚣尘上。CNN目前尚无法独立核实该报道。

阿根廷政府在一份声明中表示，“没有弗拉维奥·博索纳罗入境”该国的记录。

博索纳罗正因涉嫌腐败、洗钱和逃税等行为接受巴西最高法院的调查。他否认所有指控。

巴西最高法院法官亚历山大·德·莫赖斯周一下令博索纳罗在24小时内交出护照。CNN已联系博索纳罗、其所在政党以及巴西联邦警察，就这位参议员的下落寻求置评。

博索纳罗称，巴西警方已亲自告知他这一命令，并告知他被禁止离开巴西。这位参议员在Instagram上发布的一段视频中否认自己有逃离巴西的意图。

如果博索纳罗真的离开了巴西，他将加入流亡海外的巴西保守派人士的行列——其中包括巴西前情报局长亚历山大·拉马根、播客主持人保罗·菲格雷多，以及博索纳罗的亲弟弟爱德华多，后者居住在德克萨斯州。

在决选前不久，爱德华多曾暗示，如果弗拉维奥竞选总统失败，就应该离开巴西。周二，爱德华多称有关他弟弟已经逃离的传言是“谎言”。