BRASILIA — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld former president Jair Bolsonaro’s incarceration after he admitted to trying to break his ankle monitor while under house arrest, which a justice regarded as an attempt to escape and avoid a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.

Lea en españolLeia em portuguêsA Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his 27-year sentence behind bars, deepening a dramatic downfall for the former president who was convicted of plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

The First Panel of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously upheld on Monday former President Jair Bolsonaro's effective detention after tampering with the tracking device he had to wear as part of the house arrest he had been granted following his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro -- under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt -- was taken into custody Saturday after the Supreme Court deemed