The majority of a panel of Supreme Court justices voted to convict the far-right former Brazilian leader of trying to overturn his election defeat to Lula da Silva in 2022. Bolsonaro, who is being held in house arrest, has been declared a flight riskImage: Diego Herculano/REUTERS The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup in 2022 after he lost the 2022 presidential election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.