Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, 70, who was under house arrest since August, was taken into custody on Saturday after a judge deemed him a flight risk.

The former president, who governed Brazil from 2019 to 2022, was on a trial over a botched coup bid. In August, he was placed under house arrest for violating measures imposed on him.

The preemptive arrest does not mean Bolsonaro will remain at the federal police headquarters to serve his sentence. Brazilian law requires that all convicts start their sentences in prison.

“That information shows the intent of the convict to break the ankle monitoring to assure his escape is successful, which would be made easier by the confusion that would be caused by a demonstration organized by his son,” the justice said.

In September, he wa

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