Brazilian judge issues arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of a presidential candidate
The ruling also imposed a semi-open regime, a $32,000 fine and a ban on office for eight years after he serves the term.
- On Thursday, October 8, 2026, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Eduardo Bolsonaro to immediately begin serving his four years and two months prison sentence, canceling his Brazilian passport.
- The conviction stems from Eduardo Bolsonaro's efforts to lobby the Trump administration for sanctions against Brazilian government members, becoming final on October 3, 2026, following a June 2026 ruling.
- Currently residing in the United States as a green card holder, Eduardo Bolsonaro faces a fine of roughly US$32,000 and an eight-year ban from public office. He maintains he is a victim of political persecution.
- Moraes issued an arrest warrant and entered the defendant into the National Imprisonment Monitoring Bank, instructing Federal Police to detain him should he return to Brazil.
- This decision arrives less than three weeks before the presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, as Justice Moraes previously led the investigation resulting in former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence.
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Brazilian judge issues arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of a presidential candidate
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice issued a warrant on Thursday for the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro. He is one of the brothers of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal), today determined the execution of the sentence of former federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, with the dispatch of arrest warrant and the request for cancellation of passports of the former parliamentarian.
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CartaCapitalMinister Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), determined the beginning of the execution of the sentence of former Member Eduardo Bolsonaro, sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison, in semi-open initial regime, for the crime of coercion in the course of the trial. Moraes also ordered to issue an arrest warrant against the former Member of Parliament. According to the decision, signed on Wednesday (7), the sentence passed in…
Brasilia, Oct 8 (Latin Press) Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil, today ordered the execution of the sentence and issue a prison order against former deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, who remains in the United States. The post Brazilian judge orders the execution of Eduardo Bolsonaro's sentence first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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