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 Supreme Court issued a preventive arrest warrant that had been sought by police for Bolonaro, 70, who had been under house arrest with an ankle monitor since early August.
Bolsonaro, Brazil's president from 2019 to 2022, is being held in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday, the BBC reported.
He is scheduled to begin serving his sentence as the court reviews his appeals.
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