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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.

The ex-president was found guilty of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending appeals.

High Court Judge the presiding justice said the move to detain the elderly politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" emerged.

This included attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring his home detention suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to guarantee victory in his flight.

This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the protest called by his offspring.

His offspring, Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your smartphone there on your couch? I call on you to fight with us."

He said the gathering would be so followers could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the restoration of democratic rule in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a declaration said.

The court filing highlights that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.

International Reactions

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Trump, leading him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.

The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Judicial Appeals

It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to authorize him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.

They also asked that he be authorized to leave his home for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for pulmonary infections and other illnesses.

Details of Guilty Verdict

Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, President Lula.

Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to kill his opponent and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it couldn't obtain the backing of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.

But a week later, on the eighth of January, many his backers attacked and damaged government buildings in the national capital, Brasília.

The law enforcement took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.

The magistrates found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, bring back stability and return him to office.

At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.

The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him participating in the 2026 presidential election.