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(26 Nov 2025)

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Brasilia, Brazil - 25 November 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press:
“Former President Jair Bolsonaro started serving his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt that intended to keep him in office after losing the presidency in 2022."
2. Exterior of Federal Police headquarters where former President Jair Bolsonaro is held
3. Supporters of Bolsonaro gathered outside the Federal Police headquarters
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press:
“Some Bolsonaro’s supporters have shown up. They brought flags, they brought banners, they are saying the Supreme Court trial was not fair and that the former President doesn’t belong in prison.”
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Elaine Leandro, 61-year-old, retired, Bolsonaro supporter:
“I am absolutely outraged by what happened. The best president of our lives.”
6. Bolsonaro’s critic Keit Lima holding champagne bottle while Bolsonaro supporter shouts at her
7. Critics of Bolsonaro celebrating
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Keit Lima, 34, a critic of Bolsonaro and a City Councilwoman of São Paulo:
“Today is a day when we can finally breathe and say that we continue to stand in defense of democracy. This toast is for all lives, and for the defense of democracy in Brazil."
9. Exterior of Federal Police station
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press:
“Some supporters of President Lula have also appeared; they’ve poured champagnes, they've made their chants, and they celebrated what they think is going to be a very long prison time for the former president Bolsonaro at these federal police facilities in Brasília.”
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STORYLINE:
Supporters and critics gathered outside the Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia on Tuesday as former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started to serve his 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup.

It has come as a surprise to many in Brazil who doubted he would ever end up behind bars for the coup attempt that designed to keep him in office after losing the 2022 presidential elections.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has overseen the case, ruled that the former president will remain in custody after being arrested on Saturday.

The far-right leader had been under house arrest since August and was detained on Saturday after attempting to break his ankle monitor.

Bolsonaro attributed the attempt to “hallucinations,” a claim that de Moraes dismissed in his preventive arrest warrant.

Bolsonaro will have no contact with the few other inmates at the federal police headquarters.

His 12-square-meter room has a bed, a private bathroom, air conditioning, a television, and a desk, according to the federal police.

He will have free access to his doctors and lawyers, but others will need Supreme Court approval to see him.

Brazilian law would also have allowed the 70-year-old man to be transferred to a local penitentiary or a prison at a military facility in Brasilia, the capital.

The former president and several of his allies were convicted by a panel of Supreme Court judges for attempting to abolish Brazil's democracy after his electoral defeat in 2022.

The plot included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Judge de Moraes. The plan also involved inciting an insurrection in early 2023.


Bolsonaro has always denied having committed any crime.




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