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The former Brazilian president detained after being deemed a flight risk
Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a armed takeover in last fall and given more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.
This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his flight.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or see it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of Justice Moraes's ruling was the chance of the former president's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is positioned around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Worldwide Consequences
His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist American leader President Trump, causing him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being detained in a Federal Police station in the capital and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that the former president be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The scheme was prevented because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a week later, on 8 January, many his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The police intervened and around 1,500 people were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the 2026 national vote.
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