Overview

• Justice Alexandre de Moraes directed Brasília’s penitentiary police to conduct continuous, real-time surveillance outside Jair Bolsonaro’s residence where he is under house arrest.
• He rejected requests for intrusive measures inside the home, instructing agents to keep the operation discreet and to avoid media exposure or disruption to neighbors.
• The order follows a formal recommendation from the Prosecutor General for full-time monitoring and a separate petition by PT deputy Lindbergh Farias seeking preventive detention, which remains pending.
• Police say Bolsonaro violated court restrictions by contacting co-defendants and circulating up to 300 support videos on WhatsApp, and investigators seized a 33‑page draft asylum request addressed to Argentina’s president in 2024.
• Bolsonaro has worn an ankle monitor since early August under curfew and communication bans, his defense denies any plan to flee, and the Supreme Federal Court is slated to begin final voting in early September on charges that could bring decades in prison.