Brazil's Bolsonaro detained over flight risk, damaged ankle monitor


Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro appears in the doorway of his house, during his house arrest, in Brasilia, Brazil, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's federal police on Saturday took former President Jair Bolsonaro into custody due to flight risk after he took a soldering iron to his ankle monitor, ending months of house arrest as he appeals his conviction for plotting a coup.

The detention in a 12-square-meter room in federal police headquarters in Brasilia marks the latest setback for Bolsonaro after U.S. President Donald Trump, his ideological ally, rolled back tariffs meant to derail his prosecution.

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