Brazilian Supreme Court judge issues arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro
Arrest warrant for presidential candidate’s brother is issued weeks before Brazil’s runoff election.
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, a move likely to heat up the hard-fought race.
In June, the Brazilian Supreme Court convicted Eduardo Bolsonaro on charges of lobbying the US to interfere in the trial of his father, former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
Both sides of Brazil’s deeply polarised partisan divide have long accused each other of corruption and lawfare as political drama reaches a crescendo in the buildup to the October 25 runoff.
In March 2025, Eduardo Bolsonaro pledged he would move to the US full time to “focus 100 percent” of his energy on freeing his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The 42-year-old former lawmaker lives in Texas and is a green card holder.
The justice said in his ruling that Eduardo Bolsonaro should start serving his four-year sentence immediately.
De Moraes also cancelled Eduardo Bolsonaro’s Brazilian passport and instructed the country’s federal police to arrest him if he returns to Brazil.
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