Brazil's ex-President to turn himself in
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has told thousands of supporters that he will turn himself in to police.
However, he also maintained his innocence and argued his corruption conviction was simply a way for enemies to make sure he does not run for - and possibly win - re-election in October.
The public comments were da Silva's first since the Supreme Federal Tribunal, the country's top court, ruled against his petition on Thursday to remain free while he continued to appeal against his conviction.
That ruling set in motion a series of events that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.
Judge Sergio Moro, who oversees many of the so-called "Car Wash" cases, ordered an arrest warrant for da Silva, giving him until 5pm local time on Friday to present himself to police in Curitiba, about 260 miles south west of Sao Bernardo do Campo.
Da Silva instead hunkered down with supporters in the same metallurgical union that was the spiritual birthplace of his improbable rise to power in one of the world's most unequal countries.
"The police and 'Car Wash' investigators lied. The prosecutors lied," said da Silva, as a few thousand supporters cheered.
"I don't...