Brazil’s Bolsonaro Detained After Court Rules Supporters’ Vigil Posed Risk of Escape

Authorities allege that the former president planned to use a public prayer vigil to create the conditions for an escape from house arrest.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Detained After Court Rules Supporters’ Vigil Posed Risk of Escape
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving house arrest, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sept. 14, 2025. Mateus Bonomi/Reuters
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Police of Brazil have taken former President Jair Bolsonaro into custody after the country’s highest court determined he presented a “concrete flight risk” while under house arrest.

In an order issued on Nov. 22 and reviewed by The Epoch Times, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the detention was a preventative measure prompted by “new facts,” including an alleged plan by Bolsonaro to break his electronic ankle monitor and a public call for a vigil outside his home that could “allow for a possible escape.”