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Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged.

This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Court Filing Details Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His offspring, Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to struggle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of his "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. His successor was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.

The magistrates found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

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

He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.