Ex-Brazilian president Lula da Silva in custody after stand-off

Federal judge Sergio Moro had given Lula da Silva until Friday afternoon to submit to the authorities, but he remained holed up in the metalworkers union in a Sao Paulo suburb, about 260 miles from where he was due to report.

He told supporters on Saturday that he would surrender - only for them to blockade the building so that he could not hand himself in.

After a tense showdown with police, the popular ex-president did manage to hand himself in and was taken in to custody.

Source: NEWSSKY