Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested this Saturday in Brasilia for attempted coup, as confirmed by the country’s Federal Police in a statement.
“The Federal Police executed a preventive arrest warrant this Saturday (November 22) in Brasilia/DF, in compliance with a decision of the Supreme Federal Court,” the agency stated in a press release published on its website.
Police sources have confirmed to the country’s leading media outlets that the arrested individual is the former Brazilian president.
It should be noted that the former president’s lawyers filed a request this Friday with the Supreme Federal Court for him to serve his sentence for attempted coup under house arrest for humanitarian reasons, but Justice Alexandre de Moraes ultimately ordered his imprisonment.
Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty of orchestrating a plot to perpetuate his hold on power, committing the crimes of staging a coup, undermining the rule of law, forming an armed criminal organization, aggravated damage to public property, and damage to historical heritage.
His sentence also includes a ban from holding public office for up to eight years after his release, a period that, barring any reductions, is expected to expire in 2060, when the far-right politician would hypothetically be 105 years old.
