RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will wear an electronic ankle monitor on orders from the Supreme Court, where he is on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election.

Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social media.

President Trump's tariff threat against Brazil to protect his ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, has sparked political turmoil in the South American country.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press office has confirmed.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against him be dropped.

President Trump’s plan to place tariffs on Brazilian goods because of a legal action against the country’s former president has boosted its leftist leader.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro told Reuters on Friday he expects his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman, to seek U.S. citizenship instead of returning from the United States. In an interview with Reuters after federal police searches of his home and party headquarters,