🔗 Share this article Bolsonaro detained after being declared a escape threat The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention. The former head of state was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in September and handed more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after fresh information emerged. This involved seeking to disable his tracking device and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a chance to flee". Court Filing Details Escape Concerns In a paperwork permitting the arrest, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his escape. This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the protest called by his son. His offspring, his son Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend. His son wrote on social media on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your nation, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I call on you to struggle with us." He said the vigil would be so followers could offer prayers for his health and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land." Embassy Asylum Concerns Part of the magistrate's determination was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said. The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 13km from his dwelling. Worldwide Consequences His judicial problems have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, causing him to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian product imports. The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city 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 Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with digital surveillance. They also asked that the former president be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses. Context of Sentencing The former president was determined responsible of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, President Lula. High Court judges said that he was aware of a scheme which involved plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Justice Moraes - the High Court judge who has been managing the former president's case. The scheme was thwarted because it failed to get the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023. But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers invaded and destroyed official structures in the federal district, the capital city. The law enforcement stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody. The justices found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the Brazilian military to take action, bring back stability and bring him back to power. At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive. He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term. The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.