Jair Bolsonaro detained after being declared a risk of fleeing

Jair Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your homeland, or observe everything from your smartphone there on your sofa? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so backers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of the former president's move to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.

The legal document emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Global Responses

The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with tracking devices.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a following week, on 8 January, numerous his backers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.

The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

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

He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.

The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 presidential election.