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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was sentenced of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

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

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.

His son, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the demonstration would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The legal document underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to enact a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

The former president was found guilty of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to murder the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.

The conspiracy was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. His successor was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 presidential election.