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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.

The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the detention, the magistrate said data from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I urge you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of his move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader President Trump, causing him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing his judicial proceedings.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also banned from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 national vote.