The family movements follow the broader political fallout surrounding the defeated Brazilian candidate, who claims to be the victim of a coup d'état and political persecution while recycling unsubstantiated allegations of electoral fraud after being unexpectedly beaten by his left-wing rival in the presidential run-off vote on Sunday.
Flávio Bolsonaro is not the first member of his family to travel to the United States. His brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, has been living in Texas after taking leave from Brazil's Congress, and a close aide to Eduardo Bolsonaro confirmed to Mundo that Flávio was with his younger brother in Miami.
The US provided visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family after Brazilian officials ordered passports to be surrendered amid ongoing legal proceedings. Photographers swarmed around Flávio Bolsonaro as he left the airport in Miami, while his team attempted to shield him with umbrellas.
For a little while, it seemed like Bolsonaro may just be keeping an uncharacteristically low-profile after being unexpectedly beaten by his left-wing rival in the presidential run-off vote on Sunday, in addition to a criminal investigation that led to orders that his passports be turned into authorities.
But when he failed to surrender his passports in time to meet a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Brazilian authorities cancelled the documents and ordered police to make checks at border posts.
Photographers, who had been waiting for his arrival to finally put an end to all the speculation, swarmed around Bolsonaro as he left the airport in Miami, while his team tried to cover him with umbrellas.
"I departed from a regime of exception so that I could become the leader my people deserve."He called himself a victim of a coup d'état and political persecution, and said his travel to the US was to protect his family.
Flávio's brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has been living in Texas after taking leave from Brazil's Congress.