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Officials suspected he was going to flee from house arrest to avoid a 27-year prison sentence. The former leader was sentenced earlier this year for plotting a coup in the aftermath of his 2022 reelection loss, a verdict that reinforced Brazil鈥檚 deep political divisions. Both Mr. Bolsonaro and U.S. President Donald Trump have called the trial a 鈥渨itch hunt.鈥� Over the weekend, the Supreme Court said Mr. Bolsonaro鈥檚 ankle monitor was damaged 鈥� something the Associated Press confirmed via a custody report, including testimony by Mr. Bolsonaro saying he used a soldering iron to try to open the tracking device 鈥渙ut of curiosity.鈥� He was expected to start serving his sentence in the coming weeks, after his appeals were exhausted.

What Bolsonaro coup verdict means for Brazilian trust