PHP won't catch error inside class, only on caller

I'm trying to catch an error from my JWT class but i can't do it inside the class, the only place i can get it is from my main caller.

I'm calling this class with the error from my "API" where i start with the routing:

$router = new Router();
$router->all('/users', function()
{
    $controller = new ControllersUserController();

    $controller->start();
});

$router->run();

After that i have my controller that will call my "API" class:

class UserAPI extends BaseAPI
{
    protected $user;
    protected $apiBase = "user";

    function __construct($request, $origin)
    {
        parent::__construct($request);

        $this->user = new User();
    }

    protected function logout()
    {
        if( isset($this->request[$this->apiBase . 'Data']) )
        {
            return $this->usuario->login($this->request[$this->apiBase . 'Data']);
        }
        else
        {
            return Helpers::errorResponse("User data not informed", 200);
        }
    }
}

And finally i have the problem, the User class where i want to catch an error but it wont work:

class User extends SimpleModel
{
    public function logout($userData)
    {
        try
        {
            //At this point i will get an error since the provided token is invalid on purpose
            $jwt = JWT::decode($userData['token'], SECRET_KEY, ['HS512']);
        }
        //Wont hit here even for a miracle
        catch (Exception $exception)
        {
            echo "Caught ExceptFoon";
            echo "Message: {$exception->getMessage()}n";
        }
    }
}

The only place i could catch this error was on the routing file, wich is my index.php file.

For the JWT class i'm using Firebase JWT.