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Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup

Brazil's Supreme Court convicted Jair Bolsonaro of coup plotting and criminal organization, sentencing him to over 27 years in prison, marking a historic first for a former president.

  • Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by the Supreme Court for plotting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat.
  • Bolsonaro faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years in prison for crimes including attempting to violently abolish democracy.
  • The conviction echoes legal condemnations of far-right leaders elsewhere and is expected to enrage Bolsonaro's ally, U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison for trying to give a coup d’état, in a historic trial, the outcome of which raised new threats from the Donald Trump government against Brazil. Bolsonaro, 70 years old, was sentenced by the supreme court for having led an armed criminal organization that tried to cling to power after losing the elections in 2022 against President Luiz Ináci…

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LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung broke the news in Leipzig, Germany on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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