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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was convicted of planning a government overthrow in last fall and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the detention, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president'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 demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the possibility of his "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being held in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Background on Conviction

Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the military leaders. His successor was took office without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.

The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The justices found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.