Where has Bolsonaro been?published at 14:40 GMT

14:40 GMT

By Thomas Copeland and Jake Horton

Flavio Bolsonaro has not taken a straightforward route to the US, and BBC Verify has been tracking how he got there since leaving Brazil yesterday.

According to Argentina's National Directorate of Migration, Bolsonaro crossed into the country over land late on Tuesday night local time, where he then boarded a plane with four family members.

Tracking data from Flightradar24 shows a Gulfstream G400 departed Puerto Iguazu in Argentina at 03:18 GMT on Wednesday to head to Guayaquil in Ecuador.

This matches the Argentinian authorities’ statement, which said Bolsonaro and his family "boarded a private flight dispatched by the company Baires Fly S.A. with a destination to the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador".

The same private jet then departed Guayaquil at around 09:00 GMT, landing at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport just before 13:30 GMT where Bolsonaro was pictured getting off it.

Bolsonaro's route to Miami was by no means direct.

According to Argentina’s migration authority, Bolsonaro and his family travelled south to Argentina, and crossed the border by land on Tuesday at 22:50 local time (21:50 EDT/01:50 GMT).

His plane then flew to Guayaquil - Ecuador's largest city - to refuel before he and his family departed for Miami.

Vanessa Buschschlüter
Latin America and Caribbean editor

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We know that three people were with Flávio Bolsonaro when he crossed the border from Brazil into Argentina.

It is one of the few details given in the post on X by Argentine migration authorities, which listed the names of those who had travelled with him.

They are his wife Fernanda, and his two daughters, Luiza and Carolina.

One of his daughters can be seen getting out of the plane behind him.

We can now bring you some more images of Bolsonaro arriving Florida this morning, alongside his wife, Fernanda, and two daughters.

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Bolsonaro was later seen exiting US customs, with his image blocked from the media by strategically held umbrellas.

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Ione Wells
North America correspondent

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After stepping off the plane in Florida, Flávio Bolsonaro was swarmed with photographers as his team covered him with umbrellas.

We understand he travelled to the US with his family.

Crucially, we don't know if this is his final destination - or if he intends to travel onwards.

Before we saw him in Florida, he hadn't been seen in two days, after losing the election in Brazil on Sunday. So this does end some speculation on his whereabouts.

Bolsonaro emerged from the first round of voting in Brazil's presidential election in early October as the frontrunner to be president, racking up 47% of the vote.

But in a run-off last weekend, he lost against the left-wing incumbent, President Lula.

Bolsonaro said he planned to challenge the result.

But when he next uploaded a video statement to social media, he said been ordered to by the Supreme Court to surrender his passports.

The order was made as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering. Bolsonaro has not been charged and has denied the allegations.

He said at the time that he had no plans to leave the country, but he never handed in his documents, and they were cancelled by authorities. Bolsonaro has not spoken in public since, and questions about his whereabouts have swirled.

Now, as we've seen, he has landed near Miami, Florida.

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Flávio Bolsonaro arrived at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport a day after his passport was cancelled by Brazilian authorities.

He has arrived after disputing the results of Sunday's presidential election in Brazil which he lost to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Here are some more images of his arrival in Florida a short while ago.

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Vanessa Buschschlüter
Latin America and Caribbean editor

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The past 24 hours have been awash with rumours and confusion all centred around one question: where in the world is Flávio Bolsonaro?

Speculation begins

The speculation was first triggered by a report on an Argentine news site which claimed he had crossed the land border between Brazil and Argentina and had boarded a private plane en route to the US.

Brazilian police took the rumours seriously. They checked border crossings but found no evidence the defeated presidential candidate had left the country, and Argentine officials said they had no reports of him crossing.

For a little while, it seemed like the defeated presidential candidate may just be keeping an uncharacteristically low profile after being unexpectedly beaten by his left-wing rival in the presidential run-off on Sunday.

'No plans to leave Brazil'

In the last video he had uploaded to social media, he revealed that he'd been ordered to surrender his passports by the Supreme Court - an order he described as an "attempt to intimidate him". He added that he had no plans to leave Brazil.

But then the deadline Bolsonaro set by the Supreme Court for him to surrender his documents came and went... without Bolsonaro appearing.

Where in the world is Flávio Bolsonaro?

This prompted the cancellation of his passports and attempts to establish where he was.

His lawyers said they did not know his whereabouts.

Then, several sources told the BBC and other broadcasters he was on his way to the US.

The US State Department confirmed it would issue him and his family with visas to enter the US.

There were even reports he had landed already.

'I heard he was in Argentina'

But when reporters quizzed US President Trump about the matter, he said he simply said: "I heard he was in Argentina".

A tweet by Argentine migration officials around the same time said Bolsonaro and his wife had crossed the border late on Tuesday and boarded a plane for Guayaquil, Ecuador.

However, it wasn't clear at the time if that would be the final destination.

Lots of new questions

That same plane has now landed in the US... and Bolsonaro has been seen leaving it.

While this puts an end to the speculation about his whereabouts, it raises many new questions.

Stay with us as we unpack some of them.

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We're getting the first images of the defeated presidential candidate leaving a plane in Florida - we'll bring you video shortly.

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Flávio Bolsonaro has arrived at an airport near Miami.