Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) on Thursday convicted conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro and sentenced him to 27 years and 3 months prison for his alleged role in a “failed coup attempt,” marking the first time that a former president of Brazil is convicted for “crimes against democracy.”

Bolsonaro, and six other individuals designated by the STF as the “Core 1” of the alleged coup plot — were found guilty of “attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état, participation in an armed criminal organization, aggravated damage, and deterioration of listed heritage sites.” Bolsonaro and the six other individuals were sentenced by a panel of five STF Justices composed of the case’s rapporteur, Alexandre de Moraes, and Flávio Dino, Luiz Fux, Cármen

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