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Updated : , ,   BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — On his first full day in jail, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday he had violated his ankle monitoring the day before at his house arrest because of a nervous breakdown and hallucinations caused by a change…

The former Brazilian president has been under house arrest since September, when the Supreme Court handed down a 27-year, three-month sentence for plotting a coup. Brazilian authorities took former president Jair Bolsonaro into custody early Saturday, saying he tried to tamper with his electronic ankle monitor just days before he…

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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro — under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt — was taken into custody on Saturday (November 22, 2025) after the Supreme Court deemed him a high flight risk. The court said the far-right firebrand — who was sentenced to…

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Saturday, November 22, ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that the 70-year-old politician was preparing to escape the country just days before he was due to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup. Bolsonaro…

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Democracy Dies in Darkness A judge said he ordered the arrest after learning Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor had been tampered with. The Trump ally was convicted earlier this year of attempting a military coup. Updated November 22, 2025 Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, poses for a portrait in his office…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The decision laid bare some of the country's divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside the far-right leader's…