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Briefing: Brazil court grants temporary house arrest for jailed Bolsonaro

Strategic angle: The former president, sentenced to 27 years for an attempted coup, is now under house arrest.

Editorial Staff · 2026-03-25 · 1 MIN READ

Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison last September.

He has been serving his sentence at the Papuda penitentiary complex.

The decision for house arrest was made by a Brazilian court.