Brazil's Supreme Court orders Bolsonaro's house arrest
The decision was motivated by the failure to comply with some of the precautionary restrictions that had been imposed on him due to the risk of flight.
BarcelonaThe Supreme Court of Justice of Brazil has ordered this Monday the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro for violating some of the precautionary restrictions that had been imposed on him due to the risk of flight and in the framework of the trial for attempted coup d'état, Judge Alejandro de Moraes, instructor of the process against Bolsonaro, who has also prohibited receiving visitors to his residence except for that of his relatives
In his resolution, De Moraes has also ordered the Federal Police to search the residence of the former head of state to seize cell phones and devices that allow him to connect precautionary restrictions that were imposed on him last month, which prohibited him from sending messages to social networks personally and through third parties, and which required him to wear an electronic anklet and remain at his residence at night and on weekends. Bolsonaro's parliamentarians, and a live broadcast by his three sons, in which there were "incitements to attack the Supreme Court and support for foreign intervention in the Brazilian judiciary." They also expressed support for all those accused of collusion and expressed their support. to the sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on those responsible for the Bolsonaro trial. In addition to imposing an additional 50% tariff on some Brazilian products, the Trump administration revoked visas for eight of the eleven members of the Brazilian Supreme Court and ordered the freezing of Alejandro de Moraes' assets.
"There is no doubt that there has been a breach of the precautionary measure imposed on Jair Messias Bolsonaro," said the judge, adding that "more drastic measures are necessary to prevent the continued repetition of crimes by the defendant."
The house arrest was ordered in the context of the proceedings in which Bolsonaro is accused of leading a plot to prevent the inauguration of progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president in the 2022 presidential elections.