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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending appeals.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Risks

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said information from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his child.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a legislator, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist United States President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.