US EditionBolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced Bolsonaro to 27 years for leading a criminal organization and attempting to violently abolish democracy after losing the 2022 election.
- Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat.
- This conviction makes Bolsonaro the first former Brazilian president to be convicted of attempting a coup.
- Supreme Court Justice Moraes called Bolsonaro 'the leader of a criminal organization' for orchestrating efforts to undermine democracy.
- Despite his legal issues, Bolsonaro remains a powerful political player in Brazil, potentially influencing lawmakers to seek amnesty for him through Congress.
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Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for an attempted coup d'état. The majority of the five-member Supreme Court chamber found the 70-year-old guilty.
Jair Bolsonaro Found Guilty by Brazilian Supreme Court
By Brasil de Fato – Sept 11, 2025 For the first time in Brazil’s history, high-ranking military officers are held accountable for attacking democracy On the afternoon of Thursday, September 11, Supreme Court Minister Cármen Lúcia cast the vote to cement the majority decision to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other allies accused of coup plot. In her vote, the minister stated that “Jair Messias Bolsonaro committed the crimes wi…
Bolsonaro’s conviction marks a historic moment in Brazil’s political history
Four out of five members of Brazil’s supreme court have voted to convict the former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a military coup after losing the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, though his lawyers say they will appeal the decision. Seven of Bolsonaro’s allies have also been convicted on charges related to the coup attempt. Five of these peop…
Former Brazilian president sentenced to 27 years in prison
A panel of Brazil's Supreme Court Judges has sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months prison after finding him guilty of an attempted coup to retain his grip on power after losing the Presidential election. Read all
Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro is declared guilty and has to be behind bars for decades, making him the first ex-president of the country to be convicted of attempted overthrow.
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