Overview
- The former president started serving a 27-year prison term on Tuesday following a Supreme Court certification that no further appeals remained.
- Days earlier, he was placed in provisional detention for a high risk of flight after attempting to burn his electronic ankle bracelet, according to Judge Alexandre de Moraes.
- He will remain in the Federal Police complex in Brasília rather than a regular prison under an order executed once the appeals were deemed exhausted.
- His lawyers contest the view that all remedies are closed, say they will file additional motions, and are requesting house arrest citing recent skin cancer and lasting effects from a 2018 stabbing.
- Several ex-aides also began serving long sentences, while former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem was declared a fugitive after fleeing to the United States, leaving the right without a clear standard-bearer for 2026.