Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday that his ankle monitor violation early Saturday morning, which led to his arrest , was due to “hallucinations."

The former leader told assistant judge Luciana Sorrentino that he was not attempting to flee his prison sentence but that he had some "paranoia" from medication leading him to investigate his ankle monitor.

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Bolsonaro was arrested on Saturday on an order from the country’s Supreme Court over accusations of plotting to flee ahead of his nearly three-decade prison sentence, the Federal Police confirmed.

In September, Brazil ’s Supreme Court convicted Bolsonaro, 70, who led the country from 2019 to 2022, of attempting a coupe to stay in power after his election loss. He was sentenced to

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