The Federal Police of Brazil's socialist dictator, Lula da Silva, preventively arrested former president and persecuted political figure, Jair Bolsonaro, on Saturday, convicted under the pretext of "attempting to carry out a coup d'état" and who until now had remained under house arrest.
Early in the morning, around 6:00, a team of agents arrived at Bolsonaro's residence, located in Brasília, where they proceeded to detain the right-wing leader, who was immediately transferred to police facilities.
According to the Globo group, Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the former president's preventive detention in order to supposedly "guarantee public order." In a brief statement, the Federal Police confirmed that "on Saturday, in Brasília, it executed a preventive detention order in accordance with a Supreme Court decision," without specifying the identity of the detainee.
The arrest of the former head of state comes just one day after his defense requested that the highest court allow Bolsonaro to serve the 27-year prison sentence under house arrest due to health reasons.
