Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody by police in Brasilia under a Supreme Court order. The arrest, amid a coup-plot investigation, follows his house arrest since August and multiple ongoing inquiries into his actions.

Brasilia: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody by police in Brasilia under an order issued by the Federal Supreme Court.

According to initial information provided by the Federal Police, the arrest is not the result of a sentence, but a precautionary measure requested by investigators. Bolsonaro was detained at around 6:00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) on Saturday and immediately taken to the Federal Police headquarters in the capital.

The detention comes in the final phase of an investigation into

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