Overview
- Jair Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year sentence at federal police headquarters in Brasília after justices moved to enforce the ruling.
- The court said all appeals were exhausted in the case that found he plotted to block Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s inauguration following the 2022 election.
- Preventive detention followed an alert over alleged ankle‑monitor tampering — reportedly with a soldering iron — though he told the judge medications caused confusion and denied escape intent.
- Several co-defendants received lengthy terms, and former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem was reported to have fled to the United States and was declared a fugitive.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers sought house arrest on health grounds, and President Donald Trump’s tariff and sanctions threats to derail the case were ignored by Brazilian institutions.