Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was on Thursday transferred to prison, where he will serve his sentence for orchestrating a failed coup in “more favourable” conditions, according to a court order.
The 70-year-old former leader was sentenced to 27 years in prison last year for his attempts to cling to power following his narrow 2022 re-election loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro’s family has repeatedly complained on podcasts and social media about the conditions in which he was...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro sent to prison with roomier cell, more perks
Published 13 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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