Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been detained amid concerns he was plotting to escape house arrest as he appeals his conviction for a failed coup attempt, has admitted he tried to damage his ankle monitor out of "curiosity".

Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained early Saturday in Brasilia because of a possible "attempted escape" to an embassy days before he was to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.

Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The decision laid bare some of the country's divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside the far-right leader's prison to celebrate as…

A person familiar with the matter said it was a preventative measure related to the terms of his house arrest. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, with a judge claiming he was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The 70-year-old politician was taken to the headquarters of the country’s […]