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.

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

Bolsonaro is prohibited from contacting foreign ambassadors and diplomats amid local media reports that police executed search warrants at his home and political HQ.

The U.S. visa of the Brazilian judge overseeing the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was revoked after Trump called it a "witch hunt."

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's judiciary will not be intimidated by a U.S. decision to target officials involved in the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro with visa bans, a senior judicial official said late on Friday, criticising the move as arbitrary.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions on a Brazilian judge after search warrants and restraining orders were issued against former President Jair Bolsonaro.