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Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Arrested, Lawyer Says
Bolsonaro was arrested after suspicion of tampering with his ankle monitor to evade a 27-year prison sentence for a coup attempt, with a Supreme Court panel set to review the order.
- On Saturday, Brazilian police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro in São Paulo on suspicion he planned to flee to avoid a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered a preventive arrest after saying Bolsonaro's ankle monitor was tampered with at 12:08 a.m.; Bolsonaro had been under house arrest as a flight risk and petitioned the Supreme Court Friday to serve his sentence at home citing poor health.
- A Supreme Court panel will vote on de Moraes' order Monday, and the same panel convicted Bolsonaro by a 1 vote in September, with appeals pending and prison expected next week.
- Bolsonaro has been barred from running until 2030, and political leaders are floating right-wing candidates like S�o Paulo Gov. Tarc�sio de Freitas and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro to challenge President Lula next year.
- Bolsonaro's lawyers dispute the tampering claim and note revoked visitation requests, while allies posted solidarity posts after his Saturday arrest and Gilberto Kassab's group considers three potential names for next year's race.
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In Brazil, former President Bolsonaro was arrested a few days before his entry into prison for the danger of escape.
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Brazil's federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday on suspicion that he planned to escape to avoid serving a 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup d'état.
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