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Bolsonaro's House Arrest Extended After Guard Is Stopped with Glock Registered to Him

Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes extends the humanitarian house arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro after a security guard is stopped carrying a 9mm Glock pistol registered in Bolsonaro's name during a routine traffic stop.Bolsonaro, 71, serving a 27-year, three-month sentence for leading a coup attempt, had been transferred to 90 days of house arrest after hospitalization for bronchopneumonia earlier this year; Moraes cites clinical improvement and comorbidities and sets no new review date.Police seize about ten firearms registered to Bolsonaro and Moraes bars Bolsonaro from possessing weapons while the Prosecutor General's Office declines to seek revocation; Bolsonaro confirms ownership of the Glock, says he ordered its repair, and his defense says medications had led to the weapon's disabling.
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