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Bolsonaro Begins 27-Year Sentence for Coup Plot
11/27/2025
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- Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, must begin serving a 27-year sentence for leading a coup plot after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- The Supreme Court found him guilty in September and ordered detention in Brasília due to flight risk.
- Others involved will also serve sentences.
- The court ordered medical care for his declining health.
- Bolsonaro is barred from public office until 2060.
