Former Brazil Prez Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 yrs in jail

Fri, 12 September 2025

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Jair Bolsonaro with PM Modi. File pic

Jair Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil from January 2019 to December 2022, has received a 27-year jail sentence after being found guilty of plotting a coup. Four out of five Supreme Court justices tasked with trying the former president concluded he led a conspiracy to overturn his 2022 election loss to left-wing rival Luiz Incio Lula da Silva. One justice acquitted him. -- BBC.

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