Bolsonaro, Brazil
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Four justices voted to keep the former right-wing president in police custody after his ankle monitor was damaged.
Brazil is witnessing an explosive twist in the Bolsonaro coup-plotting saga. Former President Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after allegedly attempting to tamper with his court-ordered ankle monitor,
On his first full day in jail, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday he had violated his ankle monitoring the day before at his house arrest because of a nervous breakdown and hallucinations caused by a change in his medication.