Overview

• The 70-year-old was escorted by armed police to a Brasília clinic for a medical procedure and returned home hours later under house arrest.
• Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court last week found him guilty of leading a criminal organization tied to an attempted coup and sentenced him to 27 years and three months.
• Prosecutors said the plot failed for lack of military support and alleged he knew of plans to assassinate President Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
• His lawyers have announced an appeal, and he remains confined at home under an order imposed in August due to flight risk.
• Cities saw carnival-like celebrations as small pro-Bolsonaro groups prayed outside his residence, urged U.S. help or amnesty, and Lula rejected President Trump’s “witch hunt” claim while criticizing recent U.S. tariffs as political.