Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, arrested days before starting decades-long prison sentence

Brazil's federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of leading a coup attempt, on Saturday.

Jair Bolsonaro arrested after being deemed a flight risk

Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after being determined a "concrete flight risk" while under house arrest. The ...

Brazil police take ex-president Jair Bolsonaro into custody

Police took Brazil’s convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro into custody early on Saturday after a supreme court judge ...

Jair Bolsonaro arrested amid fears he planned to flee as coup trial nears conclusion

Bolsonaro was arrested after he broke his ankle monitor. This happened right after his son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, called ...

Fearing He Would Flee, Police in Brazil Arrest Jair Bolsonaro

The arrest came days before the former president was expected to be ordered to begin a 27-year prison sentence for staging a ...

Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 ...

Jair Bolsonaro arrested after ex-Brazil president ‘tried to escape’ days before starting prison sentence for coup plot

BRAZIL’S former president Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested for allegedly planning to flee – days before the start of his ...

Bolsonaro’s wild ‘hallucination’ excuse explodes as cops foil escape amid fresh coup accusations

Brazil is witnessing an explosive twist in the Bolsonaro coup-plotting saga. Former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ...