Bolsonaro to stay under house arrest
The Supreme Court judge in Brazil approved the continued house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro (71 years old) for health reasons, despite a conviction sentencing him to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup and violating the law during his trial after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro had exhausted all legal avenues before the Supreme Court issued a ruling for his precautionary detention, following his admission to removing the electronic monitoring bracelet. Upon his arrest, he was accused of attempting to escape. He was detained in a cell at the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília, rejecting claims of an escape attempt and asserting that the bracelet was damaged due to hallucinations caused by his medication.
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