Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace

Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília.

In a brief statement, federal police confirmed officers had executed a preventive arrest warrant at the request of the supreme court. Brazilian media reports said the politician had been taken to a federal police base, seven miles from the presidential palace Bolsonaro occupied from 2019 until 2022, when he lost the election and tried to launch a military coup.