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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending court reviews.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.

This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a public vigil that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the magistrate said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his getaway".

This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.

His child, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your nation, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."

Embassy Asylum Concerns

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, leading him to enact a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

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

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be authorized to depart his residence for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which involved plans to murder the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was prevented because it failed to get the support of the military leaders. The current president was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on the eighth of January, numerous his followers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president 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 decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.

He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.