Failed presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has fled Brazil for the United States, which has confirmed it will grant him and his family entry visas.
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it → fail → visas
It comes a day after Mr Bolsonaro vowed to remain in the South American nation to lead the political opposition against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula.
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Bolsonaro → come → Lula
But over a three-day period, the far-right senator's exact whereabouts and exit path out of Brazil have become shrouded in mystery.
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whereabouts → shroud → mystery
Here is what we know about the timeline of his escape.
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know → know → escape
The idea of Senator Bolsonaro fleeing Brazil if he lost the presidential election was first raised by his brother, Eduardo, on a podcast.
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he → flee → podcast
Eduardo suggested his brother was fearful of political persecution in Brazil amid ongoing corruption and money laundering investigations.
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brother → suggest → investigations
Polls closed across Brazil after a two-hour voting extension was granted by Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin, following a request from President Lula's campaign.
10pm, Sunday, October 25:
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extension → close → campaign
The Tribunal Superior Electoral, Brazil's electoral authority, announced Lula as the winner of the presidential election with 51.79 per cent of the vote, securing him a fourth term in office.
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Electoral → announce → office
Senator Bolsonaro delivered a three-minute address to the media near his electoral bunker in the Brazilian capital Brasília, saying he would not concede to Lula and would ask for the election result to be annulled.
3:45pm, local Washington DC time, Monday, October 26 (5:45am Tuesday AEST):
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result → deliver → Lula
US President Donald Trump told reporters he believed the Brazilian election had been "rigged" and said he believed the way it had been administered "looked very bad".
5pm, local Brazilian time, Monday, October 26 (6am Tuesday AEST):
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it → tell → reporters
Senator Bolsonaro posted an Instagram video claiming he was handed a court order for him to surrender his passports.
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him → post → passports
He then promised to hand his documents over and stay in Brazil to spearhead the political opposition to Lula.
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He → promise → Lula
Senator Bolsonaro missed the court deadline to turn in his passports — which were then cancelled — to federal police, according to police sources who spoke with Reuters.
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who → miss → Reuters
Local media and the AFP news agency reported the senator had not been seen at his residence in Brasilia throughout the morning.
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senator → report → morning
At about the same time, local media reports began to surface that the senator had fled Brazil on a plane destined for the US.
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senator → begin → US
The leadership of President Lula's Workers' Party in Brazil's lower house confirmed a preventative detention order has been filed and a request made for an INTERPOL red notice arrest alert to be issued worldwide for Senator Bolsonaro.
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alert → confirm → Bolsonaro
While Argentine officials denied Senator Bolsonaro entered the country from Brazil, local media reported a pilot confirmed a private jet was flown from Buenos Aires to the border town of Puerto Iguazú.
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jet → deny → Iguazú
The pilot said he believed the jet was to pick up four passengers, including the senator.
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jet → say → senator
No confirmation was made that the aircraft then departed Argentina.
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aircraft → make → Argentina
Mauricio Marcon, the deputy leader of Senator Bolsonaro's Liberal Party, also said he believed Senator Bolsonaro had fled "into exile" in the US.
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Bolsonaro → say → US
-elected President Lula described Senator Bolsonaro's departure as "shameful" during his 81st birthday celebration in Brasilia.
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Lula → - → Brasilia
He said the senator treated Brazil as his "second country", behind "licking American boots".
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senator → say → boots
"Those who are not liable do not fear.
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who → fear → ?
A fellow that secretly leaves his country, that's because he is liable for something," he said.
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he → leave → something
A senior official with the US State Department confirmed to the ABC that it would "issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States".
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it → confirm → States
Media outlets including CNN, The Washington Post and the BBC independently reported Senator Bolsonaro had landed in the US, quoting unnamed sources.
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Bolsonaro → include → sources
The BBC reported he arrived in Florida, where he met his brother Eduardo.
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he → report → brother
There remains no official confirmation of Senator Bolsonaro's arrival in the US, his location or the path he took to flee Brazil.
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he → remain → Brazil
Local authorities continue to say there is no record of him crossing the border from Brazil into Argentina, and The Washington Post has also reported an anonymous Brazilian foreign ministry claim he may have passed through Venezuela.
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he → continue → Venezuela
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