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Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.

The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in September and given more than a 27-year term in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.

Top Judicial Official the presiding justice said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after fresh information were revealed.

This included seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".

Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks

In a document approving the arrest, the magistrate said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.

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

His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his followers near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.

Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."

He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of organizing to seek refuge through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.

The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

His judicial problems have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being held in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Top Court to authorize him to complete his entire prison term under home confinement, with digital surveillance.

They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other ailments.

Details of Guilty Verdict

The former president was found guilty of heading a scheme aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to assassinate the current president and his VP candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.

The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the backing of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without incident on January 1st, 2023.

But a seven days after, on 8 January, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised government buildings in the national capital, the capital city.

The law enforcement intervened and around 1,500 people were taken into custody.

The justices found that the demonstrators had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the moment, the legal team called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.