The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being considered a escape threat

The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under home confinement.

The ex-president was found guilty of plotting a armed takeover in September and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after fresh information were revealed.

This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a potential flight.

Judicial Records Show Flight Fears

In a filing authorising the arrest, Justice Moraes said data from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his flight.

This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on social media on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or see it all from your mobile device there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's decision was the potential of his "relocation to embassies near the home, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

Bolsonaro is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also requested that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the presidential race to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to kill Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the military leaders. Lula was inaugurated without problem on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, the capital city.

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

The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the period, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 presidential election.