Brazil's top court orders Bolsonaro to start serving coup plot sentence in police station

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi

BRASILIA (Reuters) -The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to start serving his sentence on Tuesday, a court document showed.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to start serving his sentence of 27 years and three months in prison at the headquarters of Brazil's Federal Police in Brasilia, where he has been in custody since Saturday.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia; Writing by Andre Romani; Editing by Kylie Madry)