A far-right senator has been barred from leaving Brazil and must surrender his passports following a high-profile legal ruling. The decision comes shortly after his defeat in the presidential election and involves a money-laundering case. The order was issued by the same supreme court judge who previously handled a case against the senator’s father, the former president, for alleged coup-related actions. Legal experts are closely watching the implications of the ruling.
Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering caseThe far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the presidential election to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.The ruling was issued by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, the same justice who oversaw the trial of the senator’s father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, for attempting a coup. Continue reading...
