Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro detained by police ahead of vigil

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into national constabulary custody connected Saturday earlier a planned supporters' vigil adjacent his home, ending months of location apprehension arsenic helium appeals a Supreme Court condemnation for plotting a coup.

Bolsonaro's lawyer Celso Vilardi confirmed the detention but did not mention a reason. A national constabulary typical said Bolsonaro underwent custody intake examinations successful Brasilia aboriginal connected Saturday.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the detention successful a tribunal decision, seen by Reuters, citing the hazard of encamped supporters hampering constabulary monitoring of Bolsonaro's location arrest. He besides noted grounds of tampering with the ex-president's ankle show the nighttime before.

"The tumult caused by an amerciable gathering of the convict's supporters has a beardown accidental of putting astatine hazard the location apprehension and different precautionary measures, allowing for his eventual escape," wrote Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes successful his determination ordering the detention connected Saturday.

The justice cited grounds that Bolsonaro had antecedently considered seeking asylum successful the Argentine embassy successful Brasilia. One of his sons and different adjacent allies person fled Brazil to debar the scope of the country's courts, Moraes noted successful his decision.

Another Bolsonaro lawyer declined to remark instantly connected the ground of the tribunal decision.

The right-wing erstwhile person was sentenced successful September to 27 years and 3 months successful situation for plotting a coup aft losing the 2022 statesmanlike predetermination to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro was identified arsenic the person and main beneficiary of a strategy to forestall Lula from taking bureau successful 2023. However, the courts person not yet issued a last apprehension bid successful that case, arsenic Bolsonaro has not exhausted the appeals process.

For much than 100 days, Bolsonaro has been nether location apprehension for violating precautionary measures successful a abstracted lawsuit implicit allegedly courting U.S. interference to halt the transgression lawsuit against him.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who was affable with Bolsonaro erstwhile they were some successful office, has called the lawsuit a "witch hunt." He imposed sanctions connected Moraes, the justness overseeing it, and a 50% tariff connected U.S. imports of respective Brazilian goods, which helium began to rotation backmost this month.

While nether location arrest, Bolsonaro was barred from utilizing societal media, but received visits from governmental allies.

His son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, enactment retired a telephone connected societal media for supporters to stitchery extracurricular his father's condominium successful Brasilia connected Saturday evening.

"I invitation you to travel combat with us," the legislator said successful a video posted online. "With your strength, the spot of the people, we'll combat backmost and rescue Brazil."

If his appeals are unsuccessful, Bolsonaro's defence is expected to question support for him to service his astir three-decade condemnation nether location arrest, citing respective wellness issues.

The erstwhile president, who was stabbed successful the abdomen during a 2018 run event, has a past of hospitalizations and surgeries related to the attack.

Bolsonaro had antecedently been banned from moving for bureau until 2030 aft Brazil's electoral tribunal recovered him blameworthy of abusing his bureau during his 2022 re-election campaign.