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The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.

The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a precautionary step after fresh information came to light.

This encompassed attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could "allow for a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a filing authorising the custody, the magistrate said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the ex-president's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

His son wrote on social media on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.

Global Responses

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative United States President President Trump, causing him to implement a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil.

He is being detained in a Federal Police station in Brasilia and will experience a custody hearing on the following day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the national vote to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

High Court judges said that he knew of a scheme which included plans to murder his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was sworn in without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, Brazil's capital.

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

The judges found that the demonstrators had been encouraged by him whose strategy, they said, was for the national armed forces to step in, reestablish control and return him to office.

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

He was also banned from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.