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Coverage dated July 17, 2025

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro given ankle monitor for alleged coup attempt

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.

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  1. PBS NewsHour

    Brazil's former President Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Bolsonaro is currently on trial at the Supreme Court accused of leading an alleged attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  2. UPI

    Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro given ankle monitor for alleged coup attempt (opens UPI)

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    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    News Wrap: Bolsonaro ordered to wear an ankle monitor (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    In our news wrap Friday, Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor during his trial, President Trump signed the first major legislation aimed at regulating cryptocurrencies into law, violence between Druze militias and Bedouin clans returned to Syria…

  4. Anchorage Daily News

    Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor as he awaits trial on charges of attempting coup (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The development on Friday came as federal police conducted searches at his home and his party’s headquarters in Brasília.

  5. Washington Examiner

    Ex-Brazilian president Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor ahead of coup trial (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Bolsonaro is about to stand trial for his alleged coup plot after he lost the 2022 Brazilian Presidential election.

  6. The Daily Caller

    ‘Supreme Humiliation’: Jair Bolsonaro Forced To Wear Ankle Monitor (opens The Daily Caller)

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    A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor while he stands trial over an alleged coup plot.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to wear ankle monitor – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The former president's home and party headquarters in Brasilia were also searched as a coup trial against him nears an end.

  8. NBC News

    Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor (opens NBC News)

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    Bolsonaro is on trial accused of leading an alleged attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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