🔗 Share this article Bolsonaro arrested after being deemed a flight risk The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement. The ex-president was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than a 27-year term in jail, but he remained under home detention pending court reviews. Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments emerged. This involved attempting to break his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could enable a possible escape. Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway". This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child. His offspring, Flávio, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his backers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening. Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us." He said the demonstration would be so backers could offer prayers for his well-being and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country." Embassy Asylum Concerns Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of planning to request asylum through a consular facility", a announcement said. The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 13km from his dwelling. International Reactions Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil. He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a detention review on Sunday. Recent Judicial Appeals It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring. They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be permitted to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses. Background on Conviction Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been managing the former president's case. The conspiracy was thwarted because it didn't receive the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023. But a seven days after, on January 8th, numerous his backers invaded and destroyed public facilities in the federal district, the capital city. The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested. The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority. At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe". He was also prohibited from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years later after the completion of his term. The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the 2026 presidential election.