A panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Monday to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in police custody after Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered his detention on Saturday citing a flight risk. Justices Flavio Dino and Cristiano Zanin joined Moraes,

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, who is a political ally of President Donald Trump, was arrested on Saturday and classified as a flight risk in connection with an alleged attempt to evade his 27-year prison sentence for actions tied to his efforts to remain in power in 2023.

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.

A panel of Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday formed a majority to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro under police custody.