The former Brazilian president arrested after being considered a escape threat

The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The ex-president was found guilty of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could "pray for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a statement said.

The judicial paperwork highlights that the US embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a detention review on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Context of Sentencing

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which encompassed plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it didn't receive the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The security forces stepped in and around 1,500 people were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

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

The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the next presidential race.