Judge said Bolsonaro had violated measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered house arrest for the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election – a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro before the top court, said in his decision that the 70-year-old former president had violated precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons.
On Sunday, Bolsonaro addressed supporters in Rio de Janeiro through the phone of one of his sons, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
Following news of the arrest order, a member of Brazil’s federal police told Associated Press that federal agents were currently at Bolsonaro’s residence in the capital of Brasília to seize mobile phones, as ordered by de Moraes in his decision.
