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Brazil’s Supreme Court Finalizes Bolsonaro Conviction, Orders 27-Year Term

The ruling clears the way for immediate enforcement with his initial placement at the federal police headquarters in Brasília.

Overview

  • Brazil’s top court said all appeals are exhausted, making Jair Bolsonaro’s roughly 27-year sentence for orchestrating an attempted coup final.
  • Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro moved from house arrest to preventive custody after a video showed him holding a soldering iron to his ankle monitor and cited an elevated flight risk.
  • Bolsonaro told the court he experienced medication-induced paranoia and hallucinations and his lawyers have renewed a request for house arrest on health grounds.
  • De Moraes directed that Bolsonaro begin serving his term at the Federal Police facility in Brasília, where he has been held since the weekend.
  • Two convicted allies, former ministers Augusto Heleno and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, were also taken into federal custody after their legal options ended.