Brazil’s federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro pre-emptively 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…
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Bolsonaro arrested ahead of 27-year sentence in Brazil coup case
