Bolsonaro is the “first former president to be found guilty of attempting to subvert Latin America ’s largest democracy,” The Washington Post said. His imprisonment was still a “surprise” to “many in the South American nation who doubted he would ever end up behind bars,

Former President Jair Bolsonaro said he tampered with his ankle monitor after a medication change caused a nervous breakdown and hallucinations.

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld former President Jair Bolsonaro’s arrest, keeping him in police custody after he allegedly tampered with his ankle monitor using a soldering iron. Bolsonaro,