Overview
- Federal police removed the 70-year-old from house arrest in Brasília around 6 a.m. and took him to their headquarters for intake.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the ankle monitor was violated at 12:08 a.m. and cited a video by Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro urging supporters to gather outside the residence.
- The detention is a preventive measure distinct from the 27-year, three-month sentence imposed in September for a 2022 coup plot, which remains under appeal.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers are petitioning for home confinement on health grounds, citing complications from a 2018 stabbing and other documented conditions, while allies denounce the move.
- A custody hearing and a panel review of the order are pending, and the judge referenced risks including the nearby U.S. embassy and prior discussions of seeking asylum abroad.