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 carried out searches at his residence and his social gathering’s headquarters in Brasília, in accordance to individuals conversant in the court docket order.
Local media reported that Mr. Bolsonaro can be barred from utilizing social media or contacting different people beneath 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 Brasília carried out “two search and seizure warrants, in addition to precautionary measures other than arrest, in compliance with a decision by the Supreme Court.” The assertion didn’t title Mr. Bolsonaro.
