The media reported on the possible arrest of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro may be arrested and sentenced by October for organizing a conspiracy against then-elected head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022. This was reported on Wednesday, June 11, by the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.

As the newspaper notes, Judge Alexandri di Morais of the Federal Supreme Court is highly likely to refuse to satisfy the requests of the defenders of the former president. According to her information, after the completion of the court hearing on June 10, where Bolsonara was involved in the trial as a defendant.

According to investigators, Bolsonaro knew that the military wanted to prevent the elected leader from coming to power and were ready to make an assassination attempt on him in December 2022. The ex-president denies his guilt.

The final verdict is expected to come into force no later than October.

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Earlier, on November 22, 2024, the Brazilian police accused the ex-president of a coup. He was charged with creating a criminal organization that acted in a coordinated manner to try to keep Bolsonaro in power after his defeat in the 2022 elections.