A Brazilian judge just slapped house arrest on ten people for trying to steal an election. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the detention of the individuals convicted of plotting to keep former president Jair Bolsonaro in power after his 2022 loss, citing their active role in crafting legal justifications for a coup and spreading disinformation. The ruling follows the arrest in Paraguay of a former senior police official connected to the scheme, caught trying to flee with a fake passport.
This move tightens restrictions on the group, which had remained free under monitoring during their appeals, and is part of the court's broader crackdown on attempts to subvert democracy. Bolsonaro himself is currently imprisoned, having been sentenced earlier and then hospitalized after an apparent escape attempt. The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump has criticized the proceedings as political persecution, imposing sanctions on Justice de Moraes, while defense lawyers for one convicted adviser labeled the latest house arrest order authoritarian.
This move tightens restrictions on the group, which had remained free under monitoring during their appeals, and is part of the court's broader crackdown on attempts to subvert democracy. Bolsonaro himself is currently imprisoned, having been sentenced earlier and then hospitalized after an apparent escape attempt. The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump has criticized the proceedings as political persecution, imposing sanctions on Justice de Moraes, while defense lawyers for one convicted adviser labeled the latest house arrest order authoritarian.
