Bolsonaro's lawyers petition to allow him to serve his sentence under house arrest

xBrazil : Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial over a botched coup bid and under house arrest since August, was taken into custody on Saturday, according to his lawyer and a court document.

The far-right firebrand was sentenced in September to 27 years in prison over a plot to stop leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office in 2022 following Bolsonaro's election defeat.

The Supreme Court judge leading the trial against Bolsonaro, Alexandre de Moraes, concluded Bolsonaro was a "high flight risk" and ordered pre-trial detention, according to the ruling seen by AFP.

The ruling says Bolsonaro planned to break his ankle monitor during a rally planned for later on Saturday, called by h

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