Brazil cancels Flávio Bolsonaro's passports after missed deadline

Brazilian police have cancelled the passports of Flávio Bolsonaro, a senator who lost the country's presidential run-off, after he did not hand them over by a court-ordered deadline. The cancellation came on Tuesday, 27 October 2026, according to France 24.

The Supreme Court, Brazil's highest court, had ordered him on Monday to give his passports to police within 24 hours. The order was part of an alleged money-laundering investigation, which Bolsonaro denies. He did not comply by the deadline.

Flávio Bolsonaro has said that federal police asked for his passports and that he was ordered on the street to hand them over. He also said he is prohibited from leaving the country.

Where he is now is not clear from official statements. Federal officers are checking border crossings to establish whether he travelled to Argentina, according to a police source who spoke to BBC News Brasil. Argentine authorities told the BBC that there is no record of him entering Argentina through any border crossing.

The case sits within a wider set of legal matters for the Bolsonaro family. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was convicted of plotting a coup and is under house arrest. Flávio Bolsonaro was already under investigation for alleged corruption over the financing of a film about his father. The Supreme Court has also ordered police to probe his electoral campaign over alleged foreign funding.

He lost the presidential run-off to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the current president, who won 51.79% of the vote to his 48.21%. Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and has called for the election to be annulled. He has said he has no plans to leave Brazil and will stay to lead the opposition to Lula.