Brazil’s Supreme Court Finalizes Bolsonaro Conviction, Orders Immediate Prison Term at Federal Police HQ

Overview

• Alexandre de Moraes certified the trânsito em julgado for Jair Bolsonaro, Alexandre Ramagem and Anderson Torres, rejected further appeals as dilatory, and directed that Bolsonaro begin serving his 27-year, 3-month sentence at the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília.
• Bolsonaro remains in the PF facility where he has been held preventively since Saturday for violating electronic monitoring and posing a flight risk, after the First Panel unanimously upheld the preventive detention.
• Arrest and custody placements were executed for senior allies: Augusto Heleno and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira were taken to the Comando Militar do Planalto, Walter Braga Netto remains in an Army unit in Rio de Janeiro, and Almir Garnier was assigned to a Navy facility in Brasília.
• Alexandre Ramagem, sentenced to 16 years, is reported as a fugitive in Miami, with outlets noting Moraes may seek his extradition.
• Custody hearings were scheduled for Wednesday by videoconference at the respective detention sites, as defenses criticized the ruling and signaled extraordinary measures while the court notified electoral and military authorities on consequential steps.