Brazil top court votes to keep Bolsonaro in police custody


  • World
  • Monday, 24 Nov 2025

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

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A four-judge panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted unanimously on Monday to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in police custody after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered his detention on Saturday citing a flight risk.

Justices Flavio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Carmen Lucia joined Moraes, backing a decision that had ended more than 100 days of house arrest. Bolsonaro is awaiting final appeals against his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup.

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