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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a government overthrow in last fall and handed more than over two decades in jail, but he continued under home detention pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said data from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His offspring, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his backers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on 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 country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative American leader Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Context of Sentencing

The former president was determined responsible of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he had knowledge of a plan which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.

The law enforcement stepped in and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from running for public office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.