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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, prompting him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he needed ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.