{"id":42623,"date":"2025-11-22T12:33:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42623"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:33:25","slug":"brazils-bolsonaro-arrested-days-before-start-of-27-year-prison-sentencetraffic_sourcerss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/22\/brazils-bolsonaro-arrested-days-before-start-of-27-year-prison-sentencetraffic_sourcerss\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s Bolsonaro arrested days before start of 27-year prison sentence | Jair Bolsonaro News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     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transferred to detention on Saturday, his lawyer said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cHe has been imprisoned, but I don\u2019t know why,\u201d Celso Vilardi, one of his lawyers, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>A close aide told The Associated Press news agency that the embattled former leader was taken to the police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro\u2019s aide Andriely Cirino confirmed to AP that the arrest took place at about 6am (03:00 GMT) on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The force said in a short statement, which did not name Bolsonaro, that it acted on the request of Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Brazil\u2019s federal police nor the Supreme Court provided more details at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sentenced-for-coup-attempt\">Sentenced for coup attempt<\/h2>\n<p>The 70-year-old former president was taken from his house in a gated community in the upscale Jardim Botanico neighbourhood to the federal police headquarters, Cirino said.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that Bolsonaro, who was Brazil\u2019s president from 2019 to 2022, was expected to begin serving his sentence sometime next week after the far-right leader exhausted all appeals of his conviction for leading a coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old Bolsonaro\u2019s legal team had previously argued that he should serve his 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid in 2022 at home, arguing imprisonment would pose a risk to his health.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro was convicted in September over his bid to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking power following the 2022 election, which he lost.<\/p>\n<p>The effort saw crowds of rioters storm government buildings a week after Lula\u2019s inauguration, evoking comparisons with the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol after his close ally, President Donald Trump, lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has branded the prosecution of his far-right ally a \u201cwitch-hunt\u201d and made it a\u00a0major issue in US relations with Brazil, imposing stiff tariffs on the country as a form of retribution.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Lula held what Brazil described as a constructive meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur last month, raising hope for improved relations after stinging US tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Lula said the meeting with Trump was \u201cgreat\u201d and added that their countries\u2019 negotiating teams would get to work \u201cimmediately\u201d to tackle tariffs and other issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     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