Brazil court sends ex-president Bolsonaro to prison over flight risk

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial over a botched coup bid and under house arrest since August, was taken into custody on Saturday, according to his lawyer and a court document.The far-right firebrand was sentenced in September to 27 years in prison over a plot to stop leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office in 2022 following Bolsonaro's election defeat.The Supreme Court judge leading the trial against Bolsonaro, Alexandre de Moraes, concluded Bolsonaro was a