Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro
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Brazil Bolsonaro Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gives a press conference outside the Senate in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova) (Luis Nova/AP)
Brazil Bolsonaro People take part in a demonstration to protest Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro's Supreme Court trial where he faces charges for alleged involvement in a 2022 coup attempt, at Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) (Bruna Prado/AP)
Brazil Bolsonaro People take part in a demonstration to protest former President Jair Bolsonaro's Supreme Court trial where he faces charges for alleged involvement in a 2022 coup attempt, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) (Bruna Prado/AP)
Brazil Bolsonaro Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing an electronic ankle bracelet on his left ankle, attends a religious service at an evangelical church on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (Eraldo Peres/AP)
Brazil Bolsonaro Senator Flavio Bolsonaro speaks while embracing a cutout of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, during a demonstration to protest a Supreme Court trial in which Jair Bolsonaro faces charges for alleged involvement in a 2022 coup attempt, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) (Bruna Prado/AP)
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly leading a coup attempt after losing the 2022 election.
The court's Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order, saying in his decision that Bolsonaro had violated the precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on his son’s social media channels.
Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organization that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a Supreme Court justice. Monday’s order followed one from the top court last month that ordered Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are underway.
The latest decision keeps the far-right leader under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home in Rio de Janeiro.
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