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Brazil Supreme Court justice orders Bolsonaro’s transfer to penitentiary complex

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BRASILIA, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro be transferred to the Papuda Penitentiary Complex in Brasilia, a court decision showed on Thursday.

Bolsonaro, who has so far been carrying out his 27-year sentence for plotting a coup in the Federal Police Superintendency, will be transferred to a building inside the penitentiary complex, the decision showed.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia; Writing by Andre Romani; Editing by Kylie Madry)

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