Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press workplace stated on Friday (July 18, 2025).
The growth got here as federal police performed searches at his house and his occasion’s headquarters in BrasĂlia, in accordance to folks conversant in the courtroom order.
Local media reported that Mr. Bolsonaro can also be barred from utilizing social media or contacting different people below investigation by the Supreme Federal Court, together with his son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian lawmaker who presently lives within the United States and is thought for his shut ties to U.S. President Donald Trump.
A police assertion stated that officers in BrasĂlia carried out âtwo search and seizure warrants, in addition to precautionary measures other than arrest, in compliance with a decision by the Supreme Court.â The assertion didn’t identify Mr. Bolsonaro.
