Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro sentenced for attempted coup, in photos
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)
Original Publication Date: September 11, 2025 7:04PM
A supporter holding a Bible waits for the arrival of former President Jair Bolsonaro at a hospital, after he was temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Sep. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro protest against his Supreme Court trial for allegedly leading a coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)A supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro cries during a vigil in his support near his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Opponents of former President Jair Bolsonaro celebrate at a bar after the Supreme Court sentenced him to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro cry during a vigil in his support near his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks to the press outside of the condominium where his father is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes attends the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Police with a police dog stand guard outside the Supreme Court during the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro protest his arrest, during Independence Day celebrations, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)A trumpeter affiliated with the Workers’ Party plays a samba song in celebration after the majority of a panel of Supreme Court justices voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro during his trial for a coup d’état, in front of the Supreme Court, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)People take part in a demonstration to protest former President Jair Bolsonaro’s Supreme Court trial for allegedly leading a coup plot, at Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court meet for the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)A supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro prays during a vigil in his support near his home where he is under house arrest, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)A supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro holds a Bible and the American flag during a vigil in his support near his home where he is under house arrest, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)A demonstrator holds a sign of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the reads in Portuguese, “No amnesty for coup plotters” during a march against economic inequality, on Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)The moon rises over the Supreme Court, a day before former President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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