Overview
- Federal Police executed the warrant at dawn on November 22 and placed Jair Bolsonaro in a reserved room at their Brasília headquarters with continuous medical care, according to police sources.
- Authorities stress the detention is precautionary and separate from his 27-year, 3-month sentence for an attempted 2022 coup, which remains under appeal and is not yet being served.
- The order cites the risk of public disorder and flight, with court documents referencing alleged interference with the ankle device and the possibility of seeking asylum at a nearby embassy, including the United States.
- Brazilian media reported a video in which Bolsonaro appears to admit trying to burn the bracelet and a penitentiary report describing burn marks on the device, claims used by officials to justify the arrest.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers filed an appeal arguing delicate health and disputing evidence of an escape plan, as the Supreme Court’s First Section prepares to review the preventive detention on Monday while political reactions remain sharply divided.