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

The former head of state was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under home detention pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.

Court Filing Details Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".

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

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

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

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's determination was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. His successor was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the time, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The former president called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.