Overview
- Federal Police detained Bolsonaro in Brasília around 6 a.m. and transferred him to PF headquarters, where he underwent a routine forensic medical exam.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes said monitoring data showed an alteration at 00:08 and pointed to a vigil called by Flávio Bolsonaro as a condition that could facilitate escape.
- The court characterized the measure as preventive to protect public order, stressing it is not the start of serving the 27‑year sentence handed down in September.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers filed a health‑based request on Friday for sentence execution at home, citing longstanding complications from a 2018 stabbing and recent dermatological findings.
- He had been under electronically monitored home confinement since August for prior violations, and recent reports of an ally’s clandestine departure added to judicial concerns about flight risk.