🔗 Share this article The former Brazilian president taken into custody after being declared a escape threat Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest. The ex-president was sentenced of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under confinement pending legal challenges. Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the move to detain the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after fresh information were revealed. This encompassed attempting to break his ankle monitor and a invitation to a demonstration that could facilitate a chance to flee". Judicial Records Show Escape Risks In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the facility tracking the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to ensure success in his getaway". This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child. His child, his son Flávio, who serves as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near the former president's residence to take place on the weekend. The senator wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I call on you to struggle with us." He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his health and for the return of democracy in our country." Diplomatic Refuge Fears Part of Justice Moraes's decision was the potential of the former president's "relocation to foreign missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said. The court filing underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home. Worldwide Consequences The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist American leader President Trump, leading him to impose a half-rate duty on goods coming from Brazil. He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on Sunday. Recent Legal Requests It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with digital surveillance. They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical treatment, saying he demanded frequent medical attention for pulmonary infections and other illnesses. Context of Sentencing The former president was determined responsible of heading a plot aimed at retaining his authority after he failed to win the 2022 election to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. High Court judges said that he had knowledge of a scheme which involved plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Alckmin, and to detain and kill the presiding judge - the High Court judge who has been overseeing his judicial proceedings. The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023. But a seven days after, on January 8th, many his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, Brasília. The police took action and around 1,500 people were detained. The justices found that the rioters had been encouraged by the former president whose strategy, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office. At the time, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence unreasonably severe". He was also barred from seeking elected position until 2060 - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment. The ex-leader called the trial a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him competing in the 2026 national vote.