Brazil's Bolsonaro detained for trying to break ankle bracelet and flee

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt was taken into custody Saturday after the Supreme Court deemed him a high flight risk.

The court said the far-right firebrand who was sentenced to 27 years in prison over a scheme to stop leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the 2022 elections had attempted to disable his ankle monitor in order to flee.