Failed coup bid: Brazil's ex-prez taken to prison; will serve 27-year jail term

Brazil’s erstwhile president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into custody connected Saturday, days earlier helium was expected to statesman serving a 27-year situation condemnation for starring an attempted coup successful 2022, according to officials and his ineligible team.

The national constabulary acted connected a petition from Brazil’s Supreme Court, though neither instauration provided further details, reported AP.Bolsonaro was detained astir 6 americium and moved from his residence successful the upscale Jardim Botanico neighbourhood of Brasilia to the national constabulary headquarters, his adjutant Andriely Cirino told the agency. Local media had earlier reported that the 70-year-old leader, having exhausted each appeals, was scheduled to commencement his condemnation adjacent week.The apprehension marks an escalation from his location apprehension status, imposed successful August. His lawyer Celso Vilardi told AFP, "He has been imprisoned, but I don't cognize why," adding that the defence had argued for him to service the condemnation astatine location owed to wellness concerns.Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil from 2019 to 2022, has maintained that the charges related to the 2022 coup effort are politically motivated. The national police’s little connection announcing the cognition did not sanction him but confirmed that the detention followed a Supreme Court directive