US EditionBrazil’s Ex-Leader Bolsonaro Arrested Over Allegations of Escape Plot
Bolsonaro was moved from house arrest to federal custody due to tampering with his ankle monitor and a planned vigil raising escape concerns, ahead of a 27-year sentence.
- On Saturday, Brazil's Supreme Court ordered preventive detention of Jair Bolsonaro, who was moved from his Jardim Botânico home to the Federal Police complex in Brasilia for medical evaluations.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes cited electronic ankle monitor tampering at 0:08 a.m. Saturday and a vigil by Flávio Bolsonaro as flight risk evidence amid exhausted appeals.
- In September, the court sentenced Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months after a Supreme Court panel convicted him of five crimes with four-out-of-five justices voting to convict.
- Federal Police of Brazil executed the preventive arrest warrant, taking Bolsonaro and 36 others into custody as supporters planned vigils and the Supreme Court panel will review the order Monday.
- The detention complicates Brazil's political landscape ahead of the 2026 presidential race, with lawyers citing Jair Bolsonaro's health issues and supporters alleging 'political persecution' while U.S. President Donald Trump criticizes the move.
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