Caught by patrol. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro admitted to using a soldering iron to open his electronic bracelet, saying he did it with “curiosity”in a video published by the Supreme Court.
Sentenced to 27 years in prison for the attempted coup, the former head of state was placed in pre-trial detention on Saturday. A decision justified by the court due to concerns that the court would run away. “He was taken prisoner, but I don’t know why,” Celso Vilardi, one of his lawyers, had alerted AFP earlier.
This Sunday morning, we found out it was because he tried to break the bracelet he’s been wearing since August while under house arrest. A judge concluded that he had a plan to escape. According to court documents disclosed Sunday afternoon by Reuters, the former Brazilian president told a judge that drugs fueled a “paranoia” And “hallucinations” which causes her to try to take off her anklet.
In the video, you can see the electronic bracelet still attached to his ankle but it is badly damaged and burnt. To the interlocutor who asked how he did it, we heard him say that he used a soldering iron, adding that he did it with “curiosity”.
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