Jair Bolsonaro taken into custody after being deemed a escape threat

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

The ex-president was sentenced of planning a military coup in last fall and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a potential flight.

Legal Document Reveals Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his escape.

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

His son, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that the former president be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plan which included plans to murder Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The scheme was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

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

At the time, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The one-time head of state called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 national vote.