Brazil’s Bolsonaro Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison For Plotting Coup
Published on: Sept. 12, 2025, 8:31 a.m. | Source: NDTV Profit
Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat, making him the first former president convicted of such a crime in a nation long scarred by successful and failed power grabs. The sentence was decided on Thursday by a panel of five justices who oversaw the case. Four of them voted in favor of Bolsonaro’s conviction on charges that he sought to cling to power by plotting a military coup.
