Overview
- Bolsonaro was taken into custody on Saturday while appealing his 27-year, three-month sentence for crimes tied to an alleged coup plot.
- Judge Alexandre de Moraes denied defense requests for a so‑called humane home arrest and for visitation permissions.
- Reuters reported Bolsonaro admitted on video that he tried to open his ankle monitor with a soldering iron, and police found the device damaged and replaced it.
- De Moraes gave Bolsonaro’s lawyers 24 hours to explain the monitoring breach to the Supreme Federal Court.
- At a Sunday hearing reported by G1, Bolsonaro said medication triggered a hallucination that led him to tamper with the device and he denied trying to flee.