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

The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a government overthrow in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under house arrest pending appeals.

High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.

This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son.

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

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or watch it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the vigil would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brasilia, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

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

The former president is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a imprisonment assessment on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Top Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.

High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the federal district, the capital city.

The police took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and return him to office.

At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.

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

The ex-leader called the court case a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.