A panel on the Brazilian Supreme Court has voted unanimously to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in the custody of federal police after he admitted to tampering with his ankle monitor.

On Monday, the panel of four justices convened to weigh whether to continue Bolsonaro’s preventative detention, after he was taken into custody on Saturday.

The panel’s justices include Alexandre de Moraes, Cristiano Zanin, Carmen Lucia and Flavio Dino. Voting remains open until 8pm local time (23:00 GMT). A fifth member, Luiz Fux, has moved to a different panel, so his seat remains vacant.

In explaining Monday’s decision, de Moraes accused Bolsonaro of making “repeated” attempts to violate court orders and explained that the former president is a flight risk.

Bolsonaro has shown “patent disrespect f

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