The former Brazilian president arrested after being deemed a risk of fleeing
Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in September and given more than a 27-year term in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending appeals.
High Court Judge the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his electronic bracelet and a summons to a public vigil that could enable a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Escape Concerns
In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to guarantee victory in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who serves as a legislator, called for a assembly of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so backers could seek divine intervention for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a diplomatic representation", a announcement said.
The legal document underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
International Reactions
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow conservative nationalist US President President Trump, prompting him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will have a detention review on the following day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on the previous day that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that he be permitted to leave his home for medical care, saying he needed regular treatment for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been managing Bolsonaro's trial.
The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.
The security forces took action and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.
