Brazil's former President Fernando Collor arrested after corruption conviction

The former head of state was sentenced to more than eight years in prison in 2023. The Federal Supreme Court rejected his last appeals on Friday. Elected head of the country in 1990 at the end of the military dictatorship, Collor had resigned two years later, already accused of corruption.

Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello has been arrested on Friday in the town of Maceió, in the state of Alagoas, located in the north-east of the country, two years after he was sentenced to almost nine years in prison for corruption. His arrest responds to the order issued by a Supreme Magistrate, who claimed that the appeal filed by his lawyers only sought “to delay the process and prevent his imprisonment”, according to the Bra…

Brazil ex-president Collor de Mello jailed for corruption

Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering, the latest former leader to face jail time.

Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested this Friday in Maceió, state of Alagoas (east of Brazil), following an order from the Supreme Federal Court (STF) that ordered the immediate execution of his sentence to eight years and ten months in prison in closed regime. The sentence responds to charges of passive corruption and money laundering in the case of the state company BR Distribuidora. READ ALSO Brazilian Energy Minis…

As early as 2023, a court convicted Brazilian ex-president Collor of corruption. Following the rejection of his appeal, the Supreme Court has now ordered his immediate arrest.

In 2023, he was sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court to eight years and ten months in prison for the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering. The content Brazil. Former president Collor de Mello arrested to serve time for corruption appears first in Jornal i.