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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a definite escape threat while under house arrest.

The one-time leader was sentenced of planning a armed takeover in the ninth month and handed more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after fresh information emerged.

This included trying to remove his tracking device and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Risks

In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said information from the facility tracking his home detention suggested the former leader's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".

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 legislator, called for a meeting of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the demonstration would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our country."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the judge's determination was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the inquiries revealed a history of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.

The court filing highlights that the US embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is situated around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, causing him to implement 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 imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Latest Court Petitions

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.

They also asked that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was determined responsible of orchestrating a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Lula.

High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which included plans to assassinate the current president and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.

The plot was prevented because it failed to get the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

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

The security forces took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.

The judges found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.

At the time, his attorneys called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.

The former president called the court case a "witch hunt and said it was designed to prevent him running in the next presidential race.