An opponent kicks at a cutout depicting Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in prison garb, as she celebrates a day after the Supreme Court sentenced him to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat, in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, amid claims he intended to escape just days before starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
The 70-year-old politician was subsequently taken from his house arrest to the federal police headquarters in the capital, Brasilia.
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