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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information came to light.

This involved seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the chance of the former president's "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The court filing underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is located around 13km from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a Federal Police station in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 presidential election.