Overview

• Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes directed discrete, round-the-clock monitoring of the former president’s Brasília residence.
• Bolsonaro remains under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor after alleged breaches of restraining orders in the coup-plot case.
• The move followed a prosecution request for real-time oversight after police reported a 2024 draft asylum plea to Argentina’s president and contact with other defendants.
• Final arguments are scheduled for early September, with a decision expected next month in a case that could bring a sentence of up to 40 years.
• Police disclosures also revealed infighting and hesitation among Bolsonaro’s allies, while U.S. actions—50% tariffs and sanctions on Justice Alexandre de Moraes—have intensified external pressure.