Jair Bolsonaro spent his first night in prison – but a little sooner than he expected. In a decision that shocked Brazil, the justice system ordered, on Saturday November 22, the temporary detention of the right-wing former president, who two months earlier was sentenced to two months and twenty-seven years and three months in prison for an attempted coup. Awaiting the execution of his sentence, Jair Bolsonaro is suspected of trying to escape before being detained.
It all starts in the evening from Friday to Saturday. At eight minutes past midnight, the electronic bracelet of Jair Bolsonaro, who was under house arrest, issued a warning signal. Without waiting long, the police came to his house, in a luxury residence located east of Brasilia. However, the cause is not a battery problem or an electrical short circuit. Terrified, police discovered significant damage and burn marks around the device. There is no doubt: the convict tried to damage the equipment, perhaps using an electric knife or a soldering iron.
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