Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets 27 yrs in jail for plotting 2022 coup
The conviction drew disapproval from Trump administration
Brasilia, Updated At : 02:03 AM Sep 13, 2025 IST
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison hours on Thursday after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 poll, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world’s most prominent far-right populist leaders.
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The conviction ruling by a panel of five justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court, who also agreed on the sentence, made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted for attacking democracy, and drew disapproval from the Trump administration.
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