đŸ”— Share this article The former Brazilian president arrested after being considered a flight risk Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement. The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments came to light. This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape. Judicial Records Show Escape Risks In a document approving the arrest, the judge said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape. This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his child. His child, his son FlĂ¡vio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night. His son wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us." He said the vigil would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country." Diplomatic Refuge Fears Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said. The legal document highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling. Worldwide Consequences The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports. Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day. Latest Court Petitions It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices. They also requested that Bolsonaro be authorized to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments. Details of Guilty Verdict He was convicted of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula. High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial. The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023. But a week later, on 8 January, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the federal district, BrasĂlia. The police intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained. The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority. At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh. He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term. The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.