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

The former head of state was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under confinement pending court reviews.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the decision to arrest the elderly politician was a safety action after fresh information came to light.

This included attempting to break his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Flight Fears

In a paperwork permitting the custody, the judge said information from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway".

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

His son, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a gathering of his followers near his father's house to take place on the weekend.

The senator wrote on digital networks on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your nation, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country."

Foreign Shelter Risks

Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of his transfer to foreign missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of arranging to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow populist conservative US President Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.

He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will experience a imprisonment assessment on Sunday.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on the previous day that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with tracking devices.

They also petitioned that the former president be permitted to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.

Background on Conviction

He 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.

Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.

The scheme was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. Lula was sworn in without issue on the first day of 2023.

But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The security forces took action and around 1,500 people were detained.

The judges found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence extremely harsh.

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The ex-leader called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was intended to stop him running in the next presidential race.