Overview
- The former president was moved from house arrest to a federal police cell on Saturday after the Supreme Court said the damaged tag made him a flight risk.
- Court-released footage and a witness statement indicate he used a soldering iron on the device, which was found burned yet still attached.
- In Sunday’s custody hearing, he attributed the episode to medication-induced hallucinations and rejected any plan to flee.
- His lawyers said they will appeal the detention and pressed for house arrest on health grounds tied to lingering abdominal problems from a 2018 stabbing.
- A Supreme Court panel is set to review the pre-emptive arrest order on Monday after citing factors such as his residence’s proximity to the US embassy.