Overview
- Federal Police took Jair Bolsonaro into preventive detention at his Brasília residence under a court order citing a concrete risk of escape and a threat to public order.
- Authorities referenced possible tampering with Bolsonaro’s electronic ankle monitor as part of the justification for moving him from house arrest to jail.
- Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to 27 years for an attempted coup, and the preventive detention precedes the formal start of his prison term.
- President Donald Trump said he will meet very soon with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and described Bolsonaro’s detention as “very bad.”
- Trump signed an order on November 20 removing a 40% surcharge on certain Brazilian goods with refunds to follow, and Lula said he will speak with Trump as Brasília seeks to ease regional tensions, including concerns over U.S. military activity near Venezuela.