Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was arrested Saturday on suspicion he plotted escape to avoid serving his 27-year prison sentence.

Supreme Court Justice de Moraes ordered the preemptive detention after alleging Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor was violated hours earlier.

Judge cited risk of escape during a protest planned Saturday and organized by Bolsonaro’s son and noted the ex-president’s location near the U.S. Embassy.

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s federal police Saturday arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.

In a dramatic and unexpected twist in the final stage of a long and divisive criminal trial, federal agents entered Bolsonaro’s house early Saturday under the ord

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