The Argentine president was directly involved in the operation, said a lawyer close to the Bolsonaro clan.

Over the last 12 hours, Argentine and Brazilian media outlets have continued to stir up controversy regarding the role President Javier Milei played in the flight of far-right Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro to the United States—a journey that included a stop in Argentina.

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On Tuesday, outlets reported that Bolsonaro might flee through Argentina. Immigration authorities, however, responded by saying there were no records of Bolsonaro entering the country.

Presidential spokesman Adrian Ravier said only at a news conference that Argentina had received no asylum request from the Brazilian senator. Milei chose to remain silent.

In an interview with channel A24 on Tuesday night, Mexican lawyer Simon Levy, who is close to the Bolsonaro family, claimed that Milei was aware of the efforts to coordinate Bolsonaro’s escape to Miami.

“Thanks to President Milei, Flavio Bolsonaro is alive today. The only person who knew about this was President Milei. He has been and was involved in part of the coordination of this entire operation,” Levy said.

Flávio Bolsonaro fugiu para os Estados Unidos em um jato de uma empresa que aparece numa investigação sobre lavagem de dinheiro ligado a contratos públicos para atender pessoas com deficiência na Argentina.

A aeronave pertence à Baires Fly, de Luis Grande. A companhia também… pic.twitter.com/qx3n14dJX5

— Paulo Pimenta (@Pimenta13Br) October 28, 2026

The text reads, “Flavio Bolsonaro fled to the U.S. on a jet belonging to a company that appears in an investigation into money laundering linked to public contracts for the care of people with disabilities in Argentina.

The aircraft belongs to Baires Fly, which is owned by Luis Grande. The company also transported Javier Milei to the U.S. following his 2023 electoral victory. On that trip, Grande himself piloted the plane. Argentine judicial authorities are investigating transfers made by suppliers of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS) to Baires Fly accounts.

Following these payments, invoices were issued for the advance purchase of flight miles. It is suspected that these transactions were used to provide a veneer of legality to funds derived from irregular contracting. Flavio left Brazil despite a court order prohibiting him from exiting the country and requiring him to surrender his passports. Sources: Reuters, elDiarioAR, and Ambito.“

The newspaper La Nacion reported that presidential adviser Santiago Caputo was in Misiones province, which borders Brazil, on Tuesday night, when the aircraft carrying Bolsonaro took off. This would confirm that the Milei administration actively assisted in the operation.

According to Argentina’s National Directorate of Migration, Flavio Bolsonaro, his wife, Fernanda Antunes Figueira, and their two daughters entered the country on Tuesday at 10:50 p.m. local time via the Tancredo Neves International Bridge in Misiones province.

Bolsonaro used his Italian passport, while his family members traveled with their usual identification documents, according to the flight plan. Argentine immigration authorities said no laws had been violated: “We cannot prevent him from entering the country with his European passport.”

Where is ICE? t.co/dPmX9ihGbJ pic.twitter.com/l7MyeLU5Zq

— Pamphlets (@PamphletsY) October 27, 2026

Forty minutes later, at 11:30 p.m. local time, the Bolsonaros boarded a private aircraft operated by Baires Fly S.A. at Puerto Iguazu Airport, bound for Guayaquil, Ecuador, from where they traveled to Miami, United States.

So far, neither Milei nor his ministers and aides have made any public statements about the operation that enabled the escape of Bolsonaro, a far-right politician who faces several criminal investigations.

His departure came after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered him to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country as part of money laundering investigations.

All opposition parties to Milei in Argentina’s Congress have demanded explanations about what role the government may have played in the operation.

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The United States Coast Guard hijacked two ships carrying fuel to Cuba in the Caribbean.

The US Coast Guard announced on Friday that it had intercepted and seized two cargo ships carrying “illegal fuel” bound for Cuba, a measure taken as part of the fuel blockade imposed by Washington against Cuba with the aim of toppling its government.

The US Coast Guard stated in a press release that an approximately 91-meter-long container ship, named Grace, was detained on September 5 in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Mexico after it was suspected of using “dark fleet” tactics to avoid detection.

Although the US Coast Guard did not provide details about these tactics, ships can conceal their destination through various means, including turning off their location transponders and sailing under cover of darkness.

According to the Coast Guard, another smaller vessel, the Jaira Provider, was seized earlier. It too was carrying fuel bound for Cuba.

These measures show that the Trump administration is using military force—and not just threats of tariffs—to enforce the fuel blockade on Cuba. The policy has helped cripple the Cuban economy and government and has caused widespread suffering among the population.

The New York Times reported that Coast Guard officials declined to explain how the agency determined that the fuel was bound for Cuba; they only stated that the determination was based on intelligence information.

It was unclear how much fuel the Grace was carrying, but the Coast Guard said the Jaira Provider was carrying about 794,936 liters. Although the quantities carried by the two vessels were relatively small, their interception underscores the Trump administration’s strategy to monitor and control the flow of fuel to Cuba.

The Coast Guard also did not provide information on the origin of the fuel being transported by the two intercepted vessels, but indicated that the last port both had called at was Colón, Panama.

Cuba produces some of the fuel it consumes domestically, but its production falls far short of the country’s needs to ensure the electricity supply of the national power grid. As a result, Cuba relies on foreign fuel shipments to keep the country running.

After the United States kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, fuel supplies from Venezuela, Cuba’s main fuel supplier, were suspended.

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Trump subsequently increased the pressure by threatening to impose tariffs on other countries that supplied fuel to Cuba—a measure that, in practice, brought an end to foreign fuel shipments to Cuba.

The fuel shortage has caused several widespread power outages in Cuba and has plunged the country into an even deeper crisis. The situation has hampered hospital operations and led to food and water shortages.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez called the fuel blockade an “act of war” in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly and stated that the Trump administration’s pressure campaign has made the situation in Cuba “more cruel and dangerous.”

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