Why has Bolsonaro been locked up | FT #shorts

Why has a Brazilian Supreme Court choose despatched ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to jail for 27 years?⁠ Prosecutors have stated a scheme to overturn the ultra-conservative’s election defeat included plans to kill the successful candidate, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, his vice-president Geraldo Alckmin and the choose, Alexandre de Moraes. While the plan failed, the courtroom discovered it culminated in riots on January 8 2023, when 1000’s of Bolsonaro supporters trashed authorities buildings in Brasília and known as for a navy putsch.

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