BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered police to tighten security around former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home while he is under house arrest, a decision showed on Tuesday.
In the decision, Moraes authorized police to monitor Bolsonaro full-time near his house to ensure he is complying with the restraining orders against him.
Police said last week they had found a draft letter on Bolsonaro’s phone of a request for asylum in Argentina. It was last edited in 2024, police said.
Bolsonaro’s legal defense said the document was not evidence that the former president was a flight risk.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia; Additional reporting and writing by Andre Romani in Sao Paulo; Editing by Kylie Madry)
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