The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being considered a escape threat
The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to guarantee victory 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 serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your phone there on your couch? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's ruling was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a statement said.
The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his followers attacked and damaged public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, restore order and return him to office.
At the period, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
