Sao Paulo, Feb 25 (AFP) The son of football legend Pele turned himself in late Friday after being ordered by a Brazilian court to begin serving a nearly 13-year prison sentence for money laundering ...
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Brazil's PCC prison gang is becoming a global cocaine powerhouse, with reach into Europe and the US
A gang born in Brazil's brutal prison system is no longer just a domestic security threat. The Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, has evolved into a sprawling transnational criminal organization ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) -On paper, former President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to prison until the age of 97. In fact, legal experts say the ex-president is unlikely to spend more than a fraction of ...
FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) ...
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Brazil seeks to reopen case of Christian student facing 10 years' prison for transphobia
Brazil’s federal prosecutors have lodged a special appeal that would reopen the “transphobia” prosecution of Isadora Borges, who studies veterinary medicine and risked as long as 10 years behind bars ...
Rioting inmates beheaded rivals and burned others alive in an explosion of violence in two Brazilian jails that left at least 18 people dead on Monday, the authorities said. Prisoners also took women ...
BRASILIA, Brazil — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted ...
A Brazilian prison gang that once fought for soap and mattresses now has a North American division. In the Wall Street Journal, Samantha Pearson charts how Brazil's First Capital Command, or PCC, has ...
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