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Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded former President Jair Bolsonaro's coup plotting case after rejecting his appeal earlier this month. The court is expected to order Bolsonaro to serve a 27-year prison sentence.
Issued on: 25/11/2025
By: FRANCE 24
Former president Jair Bolsonaro photographed at his home where he is under house arrest, in Brasilia, Brazil on September 29, 2025. © Eraldo Peres, AP
Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro's coup conviction was final, with no more appeals allowed, clearing the way for him to begin serving a 27-year sentence.
Bolsonaro, 70, was in September convicted over a scheme to stop leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the 2022 elections, and that included an assassination plot.
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal to his sentence earlier this month, and ruled the judgment was now final.
The former army captain who fired up Brazil's conservatives to become president in 2019 and reshaped the country's politics will now have to serve the lengthy jail term.
Bolsonaro had been under house arrest until Saturday, when he was detained at police headquarters in the capital Brasilia for tampering with his ankle monitor using a soldering iron.
Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro's coup conviction was final, with no more appeals allowed, clearing the way for him to begin serving a 27-year sentence.
Bolsonaro, 70, was in September convicted over a scheme to stop leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the 2022 elections, and that included an assassination plot.
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal to his sentence earlier this month, and ruled the judgment was now final.
The former army captain who fired up Brazil's conservatives to become president in 2019 and reshaped the country's politics will now have to serve the lengthy jail term.
Bolsonaro had been under house arrest until Saturday, when he was detained at police headquarters in the capital Brasilia for tampering with his ankle monitor using a soldering iron.
Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes said there had been "very serious indications of a possible attempt to flee" during a planned vigil organized by Bolsonaro's son outside his home.
Bolsonaro will remain in the officers' room – a secure space for protected prisoners – at the police headquarters as he begins serving his prison sentence the Supreme Court said.
The justice pointed to the location of the nearby US embassy, and Bolsonaro's close relationship with US President Donald Trump, suggesting he may have tried to escape to seek political asylum.
During a hearing on Sunday in Brasilia, Bolsonaro stated he "experienced a certain paranoia between Friday and Saturday due to medication", according to a Supreme Court document obtained by AFP.
He also asserted "that he had no intention of fleeing and that there was no breakage of the bracelet's strap".
In a video made public by the court on Saturday, Bolsonaro gave a different version of events: he said he had used a soldering iron on the monitoring bracelet out of "curiosity".
Shortly before Bolsonaro tampered with the device, his lawyers had petitioned the court to allow him to serve out his sentence at home due to ill health.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
Brazil: Ex-President Bolsonaro to remain jailed at police HQ
John Silk
DW, AP, AFP, Reuters, Lusa
2 hours ago
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro will remain in a special room at police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, as he begins serving a 27-year prison sentence for a coup bid.
The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his sentence on Tuesday, according to court documents.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the 70-year-old to begin his sentence of 27 years and three months in prison at the headquarters of Brazil's Federal Police in Brasilia, where he has been held in custody since Saturday.
Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to prison for planning a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to now leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
What are the conditions like for Bolsonaro in prison?
He will not have any contact with the few other inmates at the police headquarters. His 12-square-meter room has a bed, a private bathroom, air conditioning, a television and a desk, according to police.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to his sentence earlier this month, and on Tuesday ruled the judgment was now final, with no further challenges allowed.
Bolsonaro had been under house arrest since August and was taken to police headquarters on Saturday after attempting to dismantle his ankle monitor. Bolsonaro blamed "hallucinations" for the incident, a claim Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes rejected in his preemptive arrest order.
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro will remain in a special room at police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, as he begins serving a 27-year prison sentence for a coup bid.
The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his sentence on Tuesday, according to court documents.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the 70-year-old to begin his sentence of 27 years and three months in prison at the headquarters of Brazil's Federal Police in Brasilia, where he has been held in custody since Saturday.
Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to prison for planning a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to now leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
What are the conditions like for Bolsonaro in prison?
He will not have any contact with the few other inmates at the police headquarters. His 12-square-meter room has a bed, a private bathroom, air conditioning, a television and a desk, according to police.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to his sentence earlier this month, and on Tuesday ruled the judgment was now final, with no further challenges allowed.
Bolsonaro had been under house arrest since August and was taken to police headquarters on Saturday after attempting to dismantle his ankle monitor. Bolsonaro blamed "hallucinations" for the incident, a claim Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes rejected in his preemptive arrest order.
Bolsonaro's defense attorney responds
Later on Tuesday, defense attorney Paulo Cunha Bueno said it was "surprising" that the court ruled Bolsonaro's coup conviction final, "while a potentially admissible appeal has not yet been filed."
"In any case, the defense will submit, within the timeframe established by the Court's regulations, the appeal it deems appropriate," he wrote on X.
Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez and Wesley Dockery
John Silk Editor and writer for English news, as well as the Culture and Asia Desks.
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