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

The former head of state was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in September and given more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.

High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.

This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said information from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His child, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from the former president's residence.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, prompting him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

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

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be allowed to leave his home for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, Brasília.

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

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, bring back stability and bring him back to power.

At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.