CNN Brasil has reported that a former agent of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad helped Brazilian senator and defeated presidential candidate Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, to leave Brazil for the US via Argentina.

As per the report, Bolsonaro, his wife Fernanda and their two daughters arrived in Argentina from Brazil on October 27, 2026 through the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, connecting Foz do Iguaçu with Puerto Iguazú. Upon their arrival in Puerto Iguazú, the family travelled in two vans, with Bolsonaro accompanied by the former Mossad officer in one vehicle and his family in the other.

The former Israeli intelligence officer, who arrived in Brazil on October 19, 2026 – six days before the Presidential Runoff, travelled with Bolsonaro from Brasília to the Argentine border in the same van. However, CNN Brasil did not disclose his identity and what role he played in planning or organising the departure of Bolsonaro. In fact, security camera footage helped Brazilian investigators to identify the two vans and their drivers. Investigators claimed that a former municipal council member from Foz do Iguaçu and his son were travelling in the second van.

The Bolsonaro family boarded a Gulfstream G400 private jet operated by Argentine charter company Baires Fly to travel to the US. The aircraft made a stop in Guayaquil, Ecuador to refuel before continuing to Opa-locka Executive Airport near Miami, where it landed on October 28, 2026. Investigators codenamed the operation as Operation Alba which was planned even before the end of the election campaign. Currently, investigators are examining possible logistical support from contacts linked to the governments of Argentine President Javier Gerardo Milei and US President Donald John Trump. However, any direct involvements by either government in arranging the departure is yet to be established.

Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that Jason Miller, the Adviser of President Trump, helped arrange the private jet. Meanwhile, Argentine daily Clarín separately reported that President Milei’s Adviser Santiago Caputo travelled to the border region to supervise the operation. From these accounts, it is somewhat clear that Bolsonaro received assistance from his political allies abroad.

It may be noted that Bolsonaro lost the October 25, 2026 Presidential Runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and had been ordered by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court to surrender his personal, as well as diplomatic, passports and barred him from leaving the country. The order was issued amid investigations into alleged money laundering, including cases linked to gambling platforms and the funding of a film about his father. However, Flávio Bolsonaro has denied the allegations.

Brazil’s Federal Police claimed that it found no record of the senator leaving through official immigration checkpoints. The Police are investigating how he crossed the border. Meanwhile, the concerned authorities in Brazil have decided to ask the Supreme Court to freeze his assets, including bank accounts, as the allegations against him remain under investigation.

After the Operation Alba, the Foreign Ministry of Brazil summoned representatives of Argentina in Brasilia to seek clarification over the senator’s passage through the country. In the US, 25 Democratic lawmakers reportedly asked the Trump Administration whether diplomatic resources had been used to assist his departure. Commenting on the issue, US Secretary of State Marco Antonio Rubio said that the Trump Administration was not directly involved in arranging Bolsonaro’s arrival to the US.

Interestingly, President Trump not only approved the Bolsonaro family’s entry under humanitarian parole that is generally granted for a limited period, but also allowed the family to remain in the US for as long as they wished.

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