The former Brazilian president detained after being deemed a escape threat

Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.

The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed seeking to disable his tracking device and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the gathering called by his offspring.

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

The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a consular facility", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to impose a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which included plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his followers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.

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

The justices found that the rioters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, restore order and bring him back to power.

At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also barred from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.