Ex Brazil pres. Bolsonaro detained for trying to flee

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Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro — under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a failed coup attempt — was taken into custody after the Supreme Court deemed him a high flight risk. The court said on Saturday the far-right firebrand — who was sentenced to 27 years in prison over a scheme to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da