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Bolsonaro Returns to Prison After Court Rejects House Arrest Bid

A Supreme Court finding of no health decline clears the way for discharge to Federal Police custody.

Brazil’s Top Court Denies Bolsonaro Home Detention, Orders Return to Custody After Hospital Discharge

Doctors Say Bolsonaro to Return to Prison on New Year’s Day After Hospital Stay

Brazil’s Supreme Court Orders House Arrest for 10 in Bolsonaro Coup Case After Escape Attempt

Bolsonaro Recovers From Surgery, Backs Son’s 2026 Bid as Coup Verdicts Tighten

Bolsonaro Undergoes Successful Hernia Surgery Under Guard in Brasília

Brazil’s Lower House Backs Sentencing Bill That Could Sharply Cut Bolsonaro’s Term

Moraes Gives Heleno 5 Days to Prove Alzheimer Diagnosis as STF Weighs House Arrest

Bolsonaro May Seek Sentence Reduction Via Reading Program in Brasília

Brazil’s Supreme Court Finalizes Bolsonaro’s 27-Year Sentence as He Begins Serving Time in Federal Police Custody

Brazil's Supreme Court Finalizes Bolsonaro Conviction, Ordering 27-Year Prison Term

Brazil’s Top Court Orders Bolsonaro to Begin 27-Year Sentence

Bolsonaro Cites Drug-Induced Hallucination as Doctors Halt Pregabalin

Brazil’s Supreme Court Orders Bolsonaro’s Preventive Arrest Over Alleged Tampering of Electronic Monitor

Brazil's Supreme Court Orders Bolsonaro Into Preventive Custody After Ankle Monitor Alarm

Bolsonaro Taken Into Provisional Custody After Electronic Monitor Tampering Triggers Flight-Risk Ruling

Brazil’s Top Court Orders Bolsonaro Into Federal Police Custody Over Alleged Escape Risk

STF Orders Preventive Detention of Jair Bolsonaro Over Alleged Monitor Breach

Brazil Detains Bolsonaro in Preventive Arrest Over Alleged Monitor Tampering

Brazil’s Supreme Court Sentences Officers and Police Agent Over Plot to Kill Lula