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Bolsonaro taken to detention facility for posing concrete flight risk

Sunday, November 23rd 2025 - 04:04 UTC
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was under house arrest serving a 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, was transferred Saturday to a detention facility after he tampered with his ankle tracking device. According to some local outlets, he had planned to seek asylum in an Argentine or US diplomatic mission. Read full article

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  • Brasileiro

    Mafioso, traitor, swindler, corrupt, sellout of public assets far below market value, genocidal, liar, racist, Nazi, devastator of the Amazon rainforest...etc. etc.

    A part of my life rejoices at the arrest of the man who murdered my father when he delayed the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccine offered by Pfizer to the Brazilian government in an attempt to receive a bribe for the purchase.

    Great day!

    Nov 23rd, 2025 - 08:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • notlurking

    Brasileiro my condolences to your father RIP... but that Pfizer vaccine is poison...other than that I agree with the rest...

    Nov 23rd, 2025 - 11:48 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Brasileiro

    Thank you, notlurking!

    Nov 23rd, 2025 - 01:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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