Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, with a judge claiming he was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.

The 70-year-old politician was taken to the headquarters of the country’s federal police in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw the case, said in his ruling that Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor, which he has worn since July 18 for being deemed a flight risk, was violated at 0:08 a.m of Saturday.

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    1 day ago

    The current president is anti-west and favours relations with Russia, being the tankie that he is

    lolwut? you have absolutely no idea who Lula is, or what he stoods for. His government is almost as liberal as Bolsonaro’s was. The man himself said that he “isn’t leftist anymore” years ago.