Former Mossad officer helped Flávio Bolsonaro flee Brazil, report says
The Brazilian senator crossed into Argentina with his family before flying to the United States following his election defeat.
A former Mossad intelligence officer reportedly assisted Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro during his departure from Brazil to Argentina and the United States, according to a CNN Brasil investigation. The officer arrived in Brazil on October 19, six days before the presidential runoff, and travelled with Bolsonaro from Brasília to the Argentine border.
Bolsonaro, his wife Fernanda, and their two daughters crossed the Tancredo Neves International Bridge on Tuesday, October 27. The family used two vans, with the senator and the former Israeli agent in one vehicle and the rest of the family in another. Security footage identified the drivers as a former municipal council member from Foz do Iguaçu and his son.
After entering Argentina, the family used a Baires Fly private jet to fly to Opa-locka Executive Airport near Miami, landing on Wednesday, October 28. The New York Times reported that Trump adviser Jason Miller assisted with the jet, while Clarín stated Argentine adviser Santiago Caputo travelled to the border to oversee the movement.
The senator's departure follows a Supreme Federal Court order to surrender his passports and a ban on leaving the country. Bolsonaro lost the October 25 runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil's federal police said there is no record of the senator using official immigration checkpoints.
Flávio Bolsonaro has denied any wrongdoing. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the US administration was not directly involved in the arrangements, though President Donald Trump approved the family's entry under humanitarian parole.