US EditionBrazil’s former President Bolsonaro arrested days before starting his 27-year prison sentence
- Brazil's federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, just before he was to start his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, officials said.
- Bolsonaro was taken to the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília at around 6 a.m., confirmed by his aide Andriely Cirino.
- Local media reported that Bolsonaro would begin serving his sentence next week after exhausting all appeals.
- Bolsonaro had been under house arrest since early August prior to his conviction for the attempted coup.
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Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro arrested over allegations of escape plot
BRASÍLIA — Former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody on Saturday, days before he was set to begin a 27-year prison sentence, after Brazil’s Supreme Court alleged he was plotting a possible escape attempt. Bolsonaro was convicted earlier this year for attempting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss, a plot that included a plan to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the man who defeated…
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By Billy Stockwell and Marcelo Medeiros, CNN. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested Saturday at his residence in Brasilia, the country's capital, days before he was due to begin serving a prison sentence for leading an attempted coup, according to CNN Brasil, a CNN affiliate. In a statement, the Federal Police indicated that they executed a preventive arrest warrant requested by the police themselves and authorized by the Suprem…
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