Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Oct. 26 that federal police requested he turn over his passports after he visited his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest.
The senator, defeated Sunday by incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a runoff election for the president’s seat, said he intended to comply with the order and that he “never thought about leaving the country.” He claimed that the request stemmed from a ruling by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
“I was ordered right on the street to hand over my passports, and I’m also prohibited from leaving the country,” Bolsonaro said in a video posted on Instagram. …