Overview
- Federal judge Alexandre de Moraes directed Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his sentence at the Federal Police precinct in Brasília, where he was already in custody.
- The Supreme Court convicted him in September of leading a criminal organization and planning to overturn the 2022 election, imposing 27 years and three months in prison.
- He was placed in preventive detention after trying to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor, with the judge citing a concrete flight risk and a threat to public order.
- Federal police arrested former ministers Augusto Heleno and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira after their appeals ended, with sentences of 21 and 19 years respectively.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called the incarceration a lesson in democracy, while Bolsonaro’s lawyers cite serious health issues and continue to challenge aspects of the case where permitted.