US EditionBrazilian court orders Bolsonaro to begin serving 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup
Bolsonaro was convicted for plotting a coup and inciting insurrection after losing the 2022 election, with a 27-year sentence finalized by Brazil's Supreme Court.
- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has started to serve a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt after losing the 2022 presidential elections.
- The Supreme Court justice stated that Bolsonaro's defense had exhausted all appeals of his conviction on Monday.
- Bolsonaro and several allies were convicted for attempting to overthrow Brazil's democracy following his 2022 election defeat.
- Despite his conviction, Bolsonaro remains a key figure in Brazilian politics but is ineligible to run again until at least 2030, according to a ruling by Brazil's top electoral court.
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Brasilia, Brazil. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving his 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup d'état on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court considered that possible appeals were exhausted. The ex-mandator, 70 years old, was in house prison since August, but on Saturday he was transferred to a police complex in Brasilia for “risk of escape,” after having damaged his monitoring ankle with a welder. The supreme court declare…
For plotting a coup and assassinating his successor, former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro is going cold turkey for 27 years.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted of having attempted a coup d'état following his defeat in the presidential election of 2022.
The appeals in the trial for a coup attempt have been exhausted. Now the ex-military has to face his 27-year prison sentence. Bolsonaro is already in custody.
Jair Bolsonaro has to go to prison. Brazil's ex-president had exhausted all appeals until the last time.
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence he was sentenced to in September for plotting a coup. Appeals against the decision are no longer possible, the judge in charge said, according to foreign news agencies.
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