Overview
- Federal Police executed the Supreme Federal Court order on Saturday, placing Jair Bolsonaro in provisional detention rather than beginning his 27-year sentence.
- A court-released video shows his electronic bracelet badly burned, and Bolsonaro acknowledged using a soldering iron, later attributing it to a moment of paranoia linked to medication.
- Judge Alexandre de Moraes cited a high risk of flight tied to the damaged monitor, a supporter-called vigil near his home, and potential refuge at nearby embassies.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers had just asked for home confinement on health grounds and say they will pursue remaining appeals after his main appeal was rejected last week.
- He was convicted in September of leading a criminal organization behind a failed coup plot after the 2022 election, with prosecutors describing plans that included assassinations of top officials.