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The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has sentenced the country’s former President, Jair Bolsonaro, to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup.
The country’s media reports on Friday that a majority of the five-member chamber of the STF found the 70-year-old guilty.
Bolsonaro is the first former Brazilian president convicted over an attempted coup, after his supporters stormed the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace on January 8, 2023.
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However, the former president did not appear in court himself.
Meanwhile, since early August, Bolsonaro has been under house arrest for violations of previous court conditions.
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