Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested police tighten security and provide full-time monitoring around former President Jair Bolsonaro's home while Bolsonaro remains under house arrest. Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest after Moraes determined that he had violated precautionary measures restricting social media use and political messaging. Police reported finding a draft asylum request to Argentina on Bolsonaro's phone, last edited in 2024, which Bolsonaro's legal defence said did not prove a flight risk. Bolsonaro's trial is expected to begin September 2. He faces up to 40 years if convicted of plotting to overthrow President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022. The U.S. responded with tariffs and sanctions tied to the case.
Stronger police presence is called for to monitor the former president, who is under house arrest awaiting trial. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has requested the police to tighten security around former President Jair Bolsonaro's home while he is under house arrest. Moraes on Monday sent a notice to police calling for full-time monitoring near Bolsonaro's house to ensure he is complying with the restraining orders against him.
Police said last week that they had found a draft letter on Bolsonaro's phone of a request for asylum in Argentina. It was last edited in 2024, police said. Bolsonaro's legal defence said the document was not evidence that the former president was a flight risk. Bolsonaro's trial is expected to start on September 2. The former president faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of plotting to overthrow his democratically elected successor as president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in 2022.
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