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Jair Bolsonaro Begins 27-Year Prison Sentence for Plotting Coup
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Jair Bolsonaro Begins 27-Year Prison Sentence for Plotting Coup

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for orchestrating a failed coup attempt to block the transfer of power after the 2022 election. The ruling concludes a multiyear investigation into the plot, which prosecutors say involved plans to sabotage Brazil’s electoral system and assassinate now President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and now Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.

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