Bolsonaro’s Santa Catarina Picks Deepen PL Rift as PT Files TSE Actions and Crime Probes Advance

Overview

• Jair Bolsonaro told allies he will back Carlos Bolsonaro and Caroline de Toni for the Senate in Santa Catarina, overruling a prior plan that included Esperidião Amin and fracturing local alliances.
• After visiting Bolsonaro at the DF police battalion, deputy Nikolas Ferreira rebuked Eduardo Bolsonaro’s criticism and warned he wants control over the PL slate in Minas Gerais as he seeks reelection to the Chamber.
• The PT-led Brasil da Esperança federation filed cases at the TSE against Flávio Bolsonaro, Romeu Zema and PL accounts over AI videos and alleged premature negative campaigning, seeking takedowns and penalties.
• São Paulo prosecutors formally charged influencer Natacha Horana with money laundering tied to the PCC, alleging concealed assets and R$15.02 million in atypical transactions, which her defense rejects.
• Amazonas police detailed a Comando Vermelho “political nucleus” that used shell companies and allegedly moved about R$70 million, reporting multiple arrests and nine fugitives, while in São Paulo a June 22–26 jury was set for three PMs in the Gritzbach assassination case.