US EditionBrazilian Supreme Court upholds Bolsonaro’s jailing after ankle monitor tampering
The Supreme Court ruled Bolsonaro's ankle monitor tampering violated court orders and increased his flight risk; he faces a 27-year sentence for a failed coup attempt.
- On Monday, Brazil's Supreme Court four-justice panel voted unanimously to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in federal custody after his Saturday arrest, ending more than 100 days of house arrest.
- The backdrop to the custody decision is Bolsonaro's September conviction, when the Supreme Court panel sentenced him to 27 years and three months for five counts of attempting to overturn the 2022 election.
- Bolsonaro's legal team says his medication change caused hallucinations and paranoia leading to the incident, while court records show tampering was noticed at 12:08 a.m.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes wrote that Bolsonaro made repeated violations and is a flight risk, justifying converting house arrest into pre-trial detention to guarantee public order.
- Alongside detention, authorities flagged possible asylum attempts and foreign contacts, seizing a 33-page letter to Argentinian President Javier Milei while United States President Donald Trump called the case a 'witch hunt'.
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The former president was sentenced for attempted coup d'état and for a planned assassination of the current head of state, Lula. A few days ago, while under house arrest, he tried to escape by trying to get rid of his electronic bracelet.
The former Brazilian president will have to serve a 27-year sentence for attempted coup d'état
The former president, who suffers from health problems, was convicted of leading a coup plot against Lula
Jair Bolsonaro has exhausted all legal means to challenge his conviction, which means that the ultra-right-wing former head of state must fully serve his sentence.
The former extreme leader had been under house arrest since early August, but was placed in pre-trial detention on Saturday for "high risk of escape", on the basis of a court decision.
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