Brazil's Bolsonaro to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot

26/11/2025 6:25

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for plotting a coup in 2022, according to a court document.



Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro incarcerated at Brazil's Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia, where he has been detained since Saturday after authorities said he removed his ankle monitor with a soldering iron.



Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.



The judge is part of a four-member Supreme Court panel that must still collectively approve his decision.