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Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.

The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in the ninth month and given more than over two decades in jail, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.

Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the decision to arrest the septuagenarian politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.

This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a summons to a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".

Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns

In a document approving the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape.

This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the gathering called by his child.

His child, his son Flávio, who works as a legislator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.

The senator wrote on social media on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."

He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."

Diplomatic Refuge Fears

Part of the magistrate's ruling was the potential of Bolsonaro's "relocation to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a embassy office", a announcement said.

The judicial paperwork underscores that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, the capital city, is located around 8 miles from his dwelling.

Worldwide Consequences

Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, leading him to impose a 50% tariff on imports of Brazilian goods.

He is being kept in a Federal Police station in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.

Recent Legal Requests

It was only on last Friday that the his legal team asked the High Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with digital surveillance.

They also requested that he be authorized to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he required frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other health problems.

Background on Conviction

He was determined responsible of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Lula.

Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which involved plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.

The conspiracy was stopped because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was inaugurated without issue on 1 January 2023.

But a week later, on 8 January, thousands of his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the capital, Brasília.

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

The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by him whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.

At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".

He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the conclusion of his imprisonment.

The former president called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.