Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into custody on Saturday, days before he was expected to begin serving a 27-year prison sentence for leading an attempted coup in 2022, according to officials and his legal team. The federal police acted on a request from Brazil’s Supreme Court, though neither institution provided further details, reported AP. Bolsonaro was detained around 6 am and moved from his residence in the upscale Jardim Botanico neighbourhood of Brasilia to the federal police headquarters, his aide Andriely Cirino told the agency. Local media had earlier reported that the 70-year-old leader, having exhausted all appeals, was scheduled to start his sentence next week. The arrest marks an escalation from his house arrest status, imposed in August. His lawyer C

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