The former Brazilian president detained after being deemed a flight risk
Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This included trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the detention, the judge said data from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist United States President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be authorized to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the top judicial official who has been managing his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brazil's capital.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, bring back stability and bring him back to power.
At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.