Plane reportedly carrying Bolsonaro stops briefly in Ecuador

The plane that Argentine authorities say is carrying defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro made a brief stop in Ecuador on Wednesday, AFP journalists saw.

Argentina’s government said Bolsonaro boarded a private flight operated by the company Baires Fly S.A. bound for the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, with his wife and two daughters after arriving in Argentina on Tuesday night, despite a court order banning his exit.

According to data from the Flightradar24 website, the Baires Fly flight took off just after midnight (0300 GMT) on Wednesday from the Argentine town of Puerto Iguazu in the country’s northeast.

That flight landed in Guayaquil shortly before 4:00 a.m. (0900 GMT) before taking off again, AFP journalists and Flightradar24 data confirmed.

Bolsonaro’s final destination is unknown, but the US State Department said it would issue visas to the senator and his family.

AFP