How did Flavio Bolsonaro get out of Brazil and reach Miami, according to the BBC?

Luis Fajardo told the BBC Global News Podcast that Bolsonaro was supposed to surrender his passports but did not. Unconfirmed reports say he may have travelled on an Italian passport, as he has Italian ancestry. He crossed overland into Argentina, then flew to Guayaquil in Ecuador and on to Miami.

Bolsonaro's statement specifically thanked Argentina's president Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump for what he called his move to freedom.
Argentina's role in facilitating the escape has become a major point of debate.

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