CNN details how Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly left Brazil in vans and a chartered jet
An investigation by Brazilian agencies obtained by CNN points to a route through Foz do Iguaçu, help from a former Mossad agent and a flight from Puerto Iguazú to Miami; the Federal Police is weighing a request to freeze assets.
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CNN Brasil published what it describes as previously unreported details from Brazilian agencies' investigations into Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's (PL-RJ) departure from the country. According to the network, he went to Argentina overland in two vans, with his wife and two daughters, on Tuesday (27). Security cameras recorded the crossing of the Tancredo Neves Bridge, between Foz do Iguaçu (Paraná state) and Puerto Iguazú. One of the drivers is a former city councilman from Foz do Iguaçu and carried the senator; his son carried the wife and daughters in another vehicle.
The report states that a former Israeli agent, a naturalized American who once worked for the Mossad, arrived in Brazil on October 19, accompanied Flávio from Brasília to Argentina and was helped by members of Javier Milei's government. From Puerto Iguazú, the family reportedly boarded a Gulfstream G400 operated by the Argentine company Baires Fly, stopped in Guayaquil (Ecuador), and landed at Opa-locka, Miami, at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday (28). According to The New York Times, cited by CNN, the jet was arranged by Jason Miller, a Trump strategist and special White House employee. Flávio used a diplomatic passport that the Federal Police had canceled.
Brazilian government sources heard by CNN called the operation an "exfiltration" and said there are indications of help from state structures in Argentina and the United States. According to those sources, conflicting information was passed along to focus attention on one location while the departure took place from another. The preliminary conclusion, according to the network, is one of large-scale international planning, internally dubbed "Operation Alba."
The Federal Police (PF) is weighing asking the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to freeze Flávio's assets and accounts, and the Justice Ministry is awaiting the force's report on the violation of a court order to decide which international cooperation channels it will use, and whether it will use any. The claims come from anonymous sources in public agencies and have not been confirmed by authorities of the countries mentioned or by the senator; the article does not include a response from Flávio Bolsonaro.