Right-wing Flavio Bolsonaro (45), who lost in the run-off of Brazil's presidential election held on the 25th, left Brazil and arrived in the US state of Florida on the 28th.

The US State Department told the BBC on the 27th that it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.

BBC Verify painstakingly traced Bolsonaro's journey from Brazil to Argentina, via Ecuador, and then to Miami.

Produced by: Jenna Abakuk

Graphic: Sally Nichols

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