Brazil Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro — SkimNews
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- Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro on Thursday, ordering him to begin serving a four-year sentence immediately and canceling his Brazilian passport.
- Eduardo Bolsonaro was convicted in June of lobbying the US to impose sanctions on Brazilian government members and higher tariffs on Brazilian exports during his father Jair Bolsonaro's trial.
- The warrant comes weeks before Brazil's October 25 runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro, whom the source describes as the favourite to win.
- Eduardo moved to the US in March 2025 to focus on freeing his father, lives in Texas as a green card holder, and lost his Brazilian Congressional seat and federal police job as a result — he accompanied brother Flavio to a May White House meeting with President Donald Trump.
- De Moraes also chaired the investigation that led to former President Jair Bolsonaro being sentenced in September 2025 to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup; the Bolsonaro family regards de Moraes as a political enemy.
Why it matters: The warrant sidelines Eduardo Bolsonaro — Flavio's key Trump-administration liaison who already lost his Congressional seat — weeks before the October 25 runoff, with immediate arrest and passport cancellation if he returns to Brazil. The Bolsonaro family openly regards issuing Justice de Moraes as a political enemy, deepening polarization that both parties have fueled with mutual corruption and lawfare accusations.
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