Bolsonaro taken into custody after being declared a risk of fleeing

Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.

This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.

His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the possibility of his transfer to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.

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

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

He was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on the eighth of January, many Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 national vote.