Crime & Justice
Brazilian court bars defeated candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country
October 27, 2026 at 02:59 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 4 hours
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving Brazil.
- De Moraes cancelled all of Bolsonaro's passports, including his diplomatic one, and ordered him to surrender them within 24 hours.
- The order stems from a federal police money-laundering investigation into betting companies linked to lawyer Willer Tomaz, whom Bolsonaro is barred from contacting.
- Bolsonaro said in a video he never planned to leave the country and called the move "a clear attempt to intimidate me."
- The senator said he will challenge Lula's victory in court over alleged abuse of state resources during the campaign.