Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for an alleged coup plot after losing the 2022 election.

Brazilian authorities placed former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial on charges of plotting a coup, under house arrest on Monday, in a move that could escalate tensions with the administration of U.

Jair Bolsonaro was ordered into house arrest Monday by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who said the former president had violated a social media ban for the second time while awaiting trial on an alleged coup attempt.