Flavius Bolsonaro has left Brazil and has traveled to the United States along with his wife and two daughters a few days after his election defeat.

News confirmed for Reuters from a source near the Brazilian senator.

His departure occurred just hours after Brazilian police announced the cancellation of his passports.

Authorities said Bolsonaro had not respected the order to hand them over within 24 hours. The move was taken under an investigation into allegations of money laundering, charges he has denied.

This development brings back to the attention of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who fled towards the US after refusing defeat to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the 2022 elections.

He later returned to Brazil and was sentenced to 27 years in prison for involvement in a coup plot.

Flavius Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has not officially accepted the election outcome. On Sunday, he warned he would seek his annulment, claiming there were irregularities during the vote. However, a day later, the Liberal Party, to which he belongs, claimed it accepted Lula’s victory.

After completing the count, Lula, 80, received 51.79 per cent of the vote, while his 45-year-old opponent secured 48.21 per cent.

Analysts estimated that high citizens’ participation in the elections may have been one of the factors affecting the outcome. /Telegraphy/