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Bolsonaro and family arrive in Miami after receiving U.S. visas

Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday after the State Department granted them visas.

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Flávio Bolsonaro wearing a backpack at an aircraft doorway, with another person behind him.
Flávio Bolsonaro at an aircraft doorway. The photograph alone does not establish the location, date or visa status.

Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday after the State Department granted them visas.

Argentina's migration authority said on X that the group had entered Argentina at a bridge border crossing. It said they carried valid documents and faced no legal impediment to entering the country.

Bolsonaro lost the presidential runoff to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but claimed the results were fraudulent. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, also claimed fraud after losing the 2022 election.

President Trump said Tuesday that he approved of Flávio Bolsonaro and his family being allowed into the United States. He described the election as very strange, having called the results rigged on Monday.

Trump had supported the elder Bolsonaro in 2022. In this year's election, however, he did not publicly endorse a candidate.