Overview
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court issued the warrant for preventive detention.
- Federal Police arrested Bolsonaro around 6 a.m. and transported him to the superintendent's office in BrasÃlia.
- He is being held in a representation room typically used for high-profile detainees.
- The measure is precautionary and separate from his 27-year, 3-month sentence from September, which remains under appeal.
- His legal team petitioned to keep him under house arrest citing health concerns, and a defense lawyer questioned the basis for the arrest.