Posted on 11/24/2025 10:22:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Brazil's federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro preemptively on Saturday, days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, officials said.
A close aide said the embattled former leader was taken to the police force headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest.
The force said in a short statement, which did not name Bolsonaro, that it acted on the request of Brazil's Supreme Court.
Neither Brazil's federal police nor the Supreme Court provided more details.
Bolsonaro's aide Andriely Cirino confirmed to The Associated Press that the arrest took place around 6 a.m. on Saturday.
The 70-year-old former president was taken from his house in a gated community in the upscale Jardim Botanico neighborhood to the federal police headquarters, Cirino said.
Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest in early August, weeks before he was convicted in his coup trial. His lawyers were pleading with Brazil's Supreme Court to keep him at home to serve his sentence, citing his poor health.
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Don’t worry. A Clinton appointed judge will throw out the arrest.
Brazil is how the left wants America to go. Bolsonaro’s fate is what they want to do to Trump.
Uhh, no. The Clintons are on the same Commie team as Lula, the guy who threw him in prison.
Also like Trump they first tried to assassinate him by gunfire but, like Trump, he was wounded but lived.
Arresting political opponents is a Leftist activist agenda. We saw how Obama seized two US automakers for opposing him. The Left will cybersquat opponent’s names online. They have pushed every evil agenda by creating a new police state that reminds me of Menotti’s The Consul.
He should have found a way to escape months ago. This is exactly what they what they were trying to do to Trump.
That’s what happens when you try to remove your ankle monitor.
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