The former Brazilian president arrested after being considered a escape threat
Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your couch? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the chance of the former president's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 8 miles from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
The former president's legal troubles have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will have a detention review on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to allow him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was convicted of heading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
High Court judges said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, many his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, BrasÃlia.
The police took action and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and return him to office.
At the period, the legal team called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.
