Brazilian police have searched Bolsonaro’s house, political seat

Brazilian police allegedly searched the registered office and politics of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Friday, police confirmed that they had “two searches and crisis mandates”, but did not specify if Bolsonaro was the target, but the local media indicates that it was.

Bolsonaro was ordered to wear an ankle instructor, according to The Associated Press. In addition, Bolsonaro would have been prohibited from using social media or contacting other people under survey, reported the Associated Press, citing local media. This would include his son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian legislator living in the United States who is known to have links with President Donald Trump.

Brazilian federal police searched the home and the political seat of former president Jair Bolsonaro on July 18, 2025. (Reuters)

The media in Brazil also report that the former president was forbidden to leave the house between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., Bolsonaro would have prohibited from contacting foreign ambassadors and diplomats.

President Trump sent a letter to former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro calling for an immediate end to the “unfair” trial against him for having pretended a coup. (AP photo / Evan Vucci and Evaristo SA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump on Thursday called for an immediate end to the trial, saying that Bolsonaro is the victim of an “unjust system”.

“I saw the terrible treatment you receive in the hands of an unfair system turned against you. It should end immediately!” Trump wrote in a letter he sent to Bolsonaro, which the president published on his social account Truth on Thursday evening.

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