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Supreme Court Threatens Bolsonaro With Arrest After He Defies Ankle Monitor Rules

Judge Alexandre de Moraes has given Bolsonaro’s defense 24 hours to explain his press appearances under threat of immediate imprisonment.

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El expresidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro muestra un monitor electrónico de tobillo que la Corte Suprema le ordenó usar, en el Congreso en Brasilia, Brasil, el lunes 21 de julio de 2025
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, departs meetings at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, July, 2025. US President Donald Trump's tariff threat against Brazil over a legal probe into former President Jair Bolsonaro caught the Supreme Court in Brasilia off guard, with the court in recess during July. Photographer: Arthur Menescal/Bloomberg
El viernes pasado, Moraes ordenó una serie de medidas cautelares contra Bolsonaro, entre ellas, el uso obligatorio de una tobillera electrónica, la prohibición de utilizar redes sociales y la prohibición de contactar a otros investigados en el caso. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Overview

  • The Supreme Court’s July 18 measures include an electronic ankle monitor, a night-time and weekend curfew, and bans on social media and contact with certain associates.
  • Moraes warned that any broadcast or retransmission of Bolsonaro’s interviews on third-party social platforms is forbidden and could prompt his immediate detention.
  • In Congress, Bolsonaro lifted his pant leg to show the ankle device and decried it as “a symbol of maximum humiliation” as he continued to address reporters.
  • He remains confined to house arrest under these restrictions while facing coup charges with a verdict expected by October.
  • President Trump labeled the prosecution a “witch hunt,” threatened 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian exports and revoked visas of Supreme Court justices in protest.