Jair Bolsonaro taken into custody after being considered a escape threat

The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under house arrest pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This included trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his escape.

This, it said, would be made easier by the disorder caused by the protest called by his child.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Donald Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also requested that he be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was convicted of heading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the capital, the capital city.

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

The judges found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years 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.