The former Brazilian president arrested after being deemed a escape threat
Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was sentenced of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.
Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears
In a document approving the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.
His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of his "relocation to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a declaration said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to enact a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will have a detention review on the following day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other health problems.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his left-wing rival, President Lula.
High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was stopped because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was inaugurated without incident on 1 January 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the time, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.